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A Central Washington University publication for alumni and friends
TRIPPING THE
LIGHT FANTASTIC
Dr. Anthony Diaz,
CWU chemistry professor
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D E S T I N AT I O N : E L S A LVA D O R
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A WINE ROMANCE
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Vol. 4 No. 1 • Fall 2009
Central Connections is a free publication sent semiannually.
Issue number: Vol. 4, No. 1. This issue dated: September 2009.
Address: Central Washington University, 400 E. University Way,
Ellensburg, WA 98926-7505.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Sid W. Morrison, Chair
Keith Thompson, Vice Chair
Leslie Jones
Patricia Notter
Kate Reardon
Annette Sandberg
Dan Sweeney (student trustee)
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
James L. Gaudino, President
Wayne Quirk, Provost/Senior Vice President for
Academic Affairs
Bill Vertrees, Vice President for Business and Financial Affairs
Ellen W. Hall, Vice President for University Relations
Charlotte Tullos, Vice President for Student Affairs and
Enrollment Management
Elizabeth M. Street, Chief Planning Officer
DIRECTOR OF PUBLICATIONS/MANAGING EDITOR
Robert Lowery
ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR
Valerie Chapman-Stockwell
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Diane K. Houser
EDITORIAL BOARD
Jim Armstrong, Lola Gallagher, James L. Gaudino,
Jonathan Gordon, Jen Gray, Ellen W. Hall, Robert Lowery,
Becky Watson
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS/EDITORS
Jim Armstrong, Valerie Chapman-Stockwell, Tippy Cooper,
Fiona Flaherty, Katie Gaudino, Jonathan Gordon, Bob Guptill,
Robert Lowery, Sid W. Morrison, Teri Olin, Elizabeth Street
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Bret Bleggi, Public Relations and Marketing
PHOTOGRAPHY
Rich Villacres and Nate Slover, Public Relations and Marketing
(and Public Relations and Marketing stock); Valerie ChapmanStockwell, Publications; Corey Sinclair; Gerard Hogan; Mercer
Estate Winery; Chris Palmer; Washington State House of
Representatives; Yakima Reds
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Board of Trustees’ Message
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CWU Graduate Perseveres Down the Road
Less Traveled
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News and Notes
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Noteworthy
10 Student Profile: Destination
El Salvador—Central Students
Promote Global Community
12 Faculty Profile: Dr. Anthony
Diaz—Tripping the Light
Fantastic
16 Feature Story: CWU President
James L. Gaudino—Higher
Education: The Times They Are
A-Changin’
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Central Giving: Dr. Warren Street Leaves a Legacy
of Laughter and Learning
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Central Giving: Donors List
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Campus Life: Central’s Got Game—Collegiate
Sport Clubs Let Everyone Play
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Wildcat Athletics
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Central Alumni
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Alumni Profile: A Wine Romance—From Grape
to Goblet, CWU Alumni Are a Big Part of the
Washington Wine Industry
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Class Notes
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In Memory
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Afterword: Katie Gaudino
Central Washington University’s policies and practices affirm
and actively promote the rights of all individuals to equal
opportunity in education and employment without regard
to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity and gender expression, age,
marital status, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
The person responsible for monitoring CWU’s institutional
compliance with various federal and state laws and
institutional policies dealing with discrimination is Staci SleighLayman, director of the Office for Equal Opportunity, Barge
Hall 211, 509-963-2205, TDD 509-963-2207. CWU is an AA/EEO/
Title IX Institution. Upon request, this document is available
in accessible formats (Braille, large print or audio cassette).
Contact the Center for Disability Services at 509-963-2171,
TDD 509-963-2143.
Copyright © 2009 Central Washington University, all rights
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On the cover:
Dr. Anthony Diaz, CWU
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new trails in the brave new
world of materials science.
See pages 12-15.
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES’
Message
Why did the CWU Board of Trustees hire Dr. James Gaudino to lead Central now and
into the future? Even though the process behind the answer is complex and involves
many people and steps, the answer is simple: he is the right person for the job.
That was the unanimous position of our very diverse board, a group that seems to
be able to take different approaches to almost any subject, but is totally dedicated to
the university and its well-being. Most everyone on campus and in the broader CWU
community participated in some way in the process of narrowing a broad field of
candidates to replace our highly respected Dr. Jerilyn McIntyre. The trustees asked the
search committee, chaired ably by Dr. Wendy Bohrson, to bring us four finalists, working
from a list of criteria derived from the university’s strategic goals. I might add that these
goals were established in a broadly based process several years ago to set the course for
the future of the university.
Sid W. Morrison
One of the twists that the trustees tossed to the search committee was to include a
“nontraditional” candidate in the final four, that is, someone with outstanding academic
credentials, but not following the usual administrative path of serving as a provost or
president of a university. In our eyes, the role of the university president is changing in
today’s challenging environment, and the future of CWU is increasingly dependent on
collaboration, partnerships, innovation, and funding from many sources.
In rereading the above paragraph, I find myself saying, “that is Dr. Jim Gaudino.” He
is nontraditional in that he was dean and creator of the highly successful College of
Communication and Information at Kent State University, has been CEO of a major
higher education communicators association in the nation’s capitol, and this list goes on.
He came with the highest recommendations from colleagues at Kent State; even though
they didn’t want to lose him, they knew he was so good they couldn’t keep him.
If I were to list one pivotal thing that swayed the trustees toward Dr. Gaudino, it was
that he is a great communicator. Maybe I shouldn’t say this, but I can’t recount how many
folks on campus said that they came to our separate forums for the four finalists with the
attitude that they weren’t prepared to like this Gaudino fellow, and left with the sense
that he was the leader we need. He fit the job that must be done for Central; you told us
that, and we agreed.
Little did we know at that time that the budget crunch in our state would provide an
unprecedented set of hurdles for our new leader, and all of us. I have been with him in
numerous settings, including with the presidents of all the universities in the state, and
I find them looking to him for guidance on communicating to elected officials and the
public the need for both higher education quality and access, and strong state financial
support.
Time measures a lot of things, and your trustees will be closely involved in working with
our new president as he proceeds with his plans to shape the future. I am impressed, and
other trustees have shared the same view, with his vision to make the future match the
strategic goals we have all helped write. It won’t be easy, but it will be good. We hired the
right leader.
Sincerely,
Sid W. Morrison
Chair, CWU Board of Trustees
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CWU GRADUATE PERSEVERES
DOWN THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED
A total of 2,555 students received bachelor’s and master’s
degrees from CWU during 2008-09. Logan Seelye was one of
the most unlikely members of the Class of 2009.
At CWU’s 118th Ellensburg commencement, Seelye, 22, served
as one of the event’s student speakers. He addressed the
graduates as they assembled on a college football field, a field
on which he had hoped to compete.
That dream ended July 1, 2003 as Seelye, a junior-to-be at
Spanaway Lake High School, participated in the final day of
a prep football camp at Central. He had just made a mid-air
tackle, a hard one—and his last. He was unable to move after it.
His sixth vertebra had been broken and he was paralyzed from
the chest down.
Despite his serious injury, Seelye did not—and would
not—give up on his dream of attending college. During his
commencement address he explained that “self-discipline and
commitment have played such an important role in my life.”
And, while it easily could have, Seelye says he did not—and
would not—allow the memory of his injury to affect his choice
of a college.
“The reason I decided to come to CWU was familiarity,” he
said. “I came out here a couple times before the injury and just
liked the ‘feel’ of the campus. Also, after the injury, I wanted to
attend a campus that was far enough away from home, but still
kind of close.”
While officially considered a quadriplegic, Seelye gets around
his apartment with the aid of a walker and drives a specially
modified vehicle. “It’s because I committed myself to doing
so—to walking again,” he explained. He’s hoping for even
greater improvement.
Seelye graduated with a bachelor’s degree in information
technology and administrative management. While pursuing
his studies, he also co-founded a Web design firm. And he
recently married his girlfriend of eight years, Jordyn Riley,
another member of the CWU class of 2009.
“We have all come far in the past four years, but not because we
were lucky, not because we took the easy way out. But because
we worked hard and committed ourselves to doing something
great: graduating from Central,” Seelye told the graduates.
Seelye and Riley were two of the 1,305 graduates who
participated in the on-campus commencement on June 13 at
Tomlinson Stadium, which included graduates of CWU-Moses
Lake, CWU-Wenatchee, and CWU-Yakima. In addition, 380
CWU graduates from CWU-Des Moines, CWU-Lynnwood,
and CWU-Pierce County took part in the university’s annual
westside graduation ceremony the next day at the S. Mark
Taper Foundation Auditorium in Seattle’s Benaroya Hall.
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A Washington native, Sandberg received
her bachelor’s degree in law and justice
from CWU in 1983, a law degree from
the University of Puget Sound School
of Law, and a Master of Business
Administration from City University
in Bellevue. In 1998, she was named
CWU’s Distinguished Alumna for the
College of the Sciences.
HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan administers the oath of office to Sims (left) as Sims’ wife,
Cyan Topacio, looks on.
Alumnus Appointed
to Key Role in Obama
Administration
CWU alumnus Ron Sims, ’71, was
named by President Barack Obama
to be the deputy secretary at the US
Department of Housing and Urban
Development. He now manages the
day-to-day operations of HUD’s 8,500
employees and $39 billion budget.
Secretary Shaun Donovan has assigned
Sims to oversee HUD’s critical role
in protecting economic prowess and
improving the quality of life for the
residents of metropolitan centers while
cutting emissions and preparing for a
warmer world. He served twelve years
as King County executive and eleven
years as a councilmember. Sims is the
2006 CWU Distinguished Alumnus for
the College of the Sciences.
Governor Names Two
New CWU Trustees
Governor Chris Gregoire has appointed
Annette Sandberg and Kate Reardon to
the CWU Board of Trustees. Sandberg
owns and currently serves as CEO
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of TransSafe Consulting in Virginia,
where she provides consulting services
to private and public organizations
regarding transportation, public safety,
and security.
Kate Reardon
Reardon, the City of Everett’s Public
Information Director, received her
CWU bachelor’s degree in social
science in 1994. She has also served as
a member of the CWU Foundation
Board of Directors.
Annette Sandberg
Sandberg became the first woman
in the country to lead a state police
agency when she was appointed chief
of the Washington State Patrol in 1995,
a position she held for six years. Her
career with the Washington State Patrol
lasted for seventeen years.
In Everett, Reardon developed and
manages the Mayor’s Advisory on
Diversity Board and the Mayor’s
Youth Council, is vice president of
the Deaconess Children’s Services
board, serves on the Center for Career
Alternatives Board of Directors, and
volunteers as a youth basketball coach
for the Family YMCA and Boys and
Girls Clubs of Snohomish County.
An award-winning print journalist who
has been published internationally,
Reardon was named the Greater
Everett Business and Professional
Women “Woman of the Year” in 2004.
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Washington State Teacher of the Year.
Johnson, who graduated from Central
in 1980 with a bachelor’s degree in
English, serves as co-director of the
Central Washington Writing Project.
Sandberg and Reardon both
participated in the CWU Board of
Trustees’ annual retreat, held July 30-31
on the Ellensburg campus.
Jamie Virden
Jill Wakefield
Alumna Named
Seattle Community
Colleges’ First Woman
Chancellor
The Seattle Community Colleges Board
of Trustees named Jill Wakefield, ’74,
as its chancellor at its March meeting.
Wakefield will be the first woman
in the district’s history to become
chancellor when she assumes the post
in January 2010. During her many
years at South Seattle Community
College, and as president since 2003,
Wakefield initiated such programs as a
sustainable construction program, an
applied bachelor’s degree in hospitality
management, and a health care training
program.
CWU Student Crowned
National Rodeo Queen
CWU communications junior Jamie
Virden was crowned Miss Rodeo USA
for 2009 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
She is the first Washingtonian to receive
the honor in the pageant’s forty-threeyear history. In her new role as Miss
Rodeo USA, Virden will travel more
than 100,000 miles during the year,
promoting International Professional
Rodeo Association rodeos and her
message of community service.
Virden also received a $5,000 college
scholarship, which she plans to use
when she returns to Central. Virden
hopes to cover rodeo for ESPN after
graduation.
Mike O’Donnell
Mike O’Donnell, former assistant
principal for Cle Elum-Roslyn High
School, and a 1999 CWU graduate,
was named the 2009 Washington State
Assistant Principal of the Year by the
Washington Association of Secondary
School Principals, a component board
of the Association of Washington
School Principals. In February, he
represented Washington State in the
National Association of Secondary
School Principals’ State and National
Assistant Principal of the Year Program,
where he was a finalist for the national
prize.
Susan Johnson
CWU Alumni,
Faculty Receive Top
Washington State
Educator Honors
CWU alumna and Cle Elum-Roslyn
High School language arts teacher
Susan Johnson was named the 2009
Dr. Martha Kurtz
Dr. Martha Kurtz, science education
department chair, was awarded the
2009 Washington State Higher
Education Science Teacher of the Year
award. Kurtz has taught at Central for
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fourteen years, focusing on chemistry
and science education. She is also the
director for the Center of Excellence in
Science and Mathematics Education.
Kurtz was named CWU’s Distinguished
Professor for Service in 2008.
Earl Klugh
(Top row, l to r) Garrett Gibson, David
Igelmund, Michael Yellam, Jake Wells, and
Bill Bender (Bottom row) Michael Crook,
Ian Knowles, and David Kortekaas
Construction
Management Team
Places Second In
Nationals
The Associated General Contractors
of America (AGC) announced that
Central’s team was one of just nine
nationwide to place at the National
Student Championships at AGC’s 90th
Annual Convention and Expo, which
was held in San Diego, California.
CWU, which came in second, was the
only school from Washington State to
place at the national level. Central’s
construction management team earned
a trip to nationals after receiving first
place in the regional competition.
The team was made up of David
Kortekaas, Marysville; Michael Crook,
Spanaway; Garrett Gibson, Gig Harbor;
Jake Wells, Pendleton, Oregon; Michael
Yellam, Burien; David Igelmund,
Medina; and alternate Ian Knowles,
Graham. Bill Bender, construction
management professor and department
chair, coaches the team.
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Grammy Award
Winning Musician
Plays to CWU Audience
Acoustic guitar player Earl Klugh
performed in the Music Building
Concert Hall on May 7, presented
by CWU’s Performing Arts and
Presidential Speaker Series. Klugh has
performed worldwide, collaborated
with top musicians, and has been
nominated for thirteen Grammy
Awards. In 1980, he won a Grammy
Award for best pop instrumental
performance for his album, One on One.
This year marks the release of The Spice
of Life, Klugh’s first full-length release in
nine years. In all, he’s released thirtyfive albums since 1976.
Professor Emerita
Wins National Design
Competition
Carolyn Schactler, CWU professor
emerita, took top honors at “Little
Black Dress–On the Red Carpet,” a
national design competition held at
the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum
of Art on the campus of Kansas State
University in February. Schactler, who
Carolyn Schactler’s “Little Black Dress,”
modeled by her granddaughter, Ila.
led CWU’s apparel design program for
twenty-eight years, was a top designer
at last fall’s International Textile and
Apparel Association (ITAA) annual
design competition. Her designs
have also earned top honors at the
ITAA competition in seven previous
years. Schactler was named the 2008
Distinguished Alumna for the College
of Education and Professional Studies.
In 1996, CWU recognized Schactler
as the Distinguished Professor for
Research/Artistic Accomplishment and
Invention.
Book Highlights
Alumni Art
Crossroads and Connections: Central
Washington University Art Alumni
Exhibition, by the CWU Art
Department, has been published by
Washington State University Press.
The book, which details the inaugural
Central art alumni exhibition, includes
selections from fifty-five acclaimed
artists who graduated between 1954
and 1979. The 128-page book features
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full color photographs, biographies,
and quotes about artistic endeavors
that showcase the former students’
Governor Gregoire and (to her immediate left) first gentleman Mike Gregoire, and state
Senator Janéa Holmquist at proclamation signing honoring CWU Army ROTC.
stunning creations in paint, sculpture,
photography, ceramics, jewelry, and
fiber arts. The book, which retails for
$29.95, is available at the Wildcat Shop
or may be ordered online at wsupress.
wsu.edu/shop/shopdisplayproducts.asp.
Alexie, a Seattle resident, grew up on
the Spokane Indian Reservation in
Wellpinit. His stories and novels are
snapshots of the modern American
Indian reservation’s culture—full of
nostalgic beauty and power laced with
poverty and grief. He brought these
realities vividly to life in his 2007
National Book Award winner, The
Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time
Indian, written for young adults.
Ranger Challenge and this year won the
Pacific Northwest Ranger Challenge
competition.
Wildcat Battalion
Receives National
Award
Sherman Alexie
CWU Hosts New York
Times Best-Selling
Author Sherman Alexie
In January, multi-award-winning Native
American author Sherman Alexie gave
a presentation and book signing as
the first speaker in the second annual
Symposium Without Boundaries series.
Two films based on his screenplays,
Smoke Signals and The Business of Fancy
Dancing, were also shown.
Washington state’s first gentleman,
Mike Gregoire, joined military
dignitaries and university leaders at
Central in April to award the CWU
Army Reserve Officers Training
Corps (ROTC) the Order of the
Founders and Patriots of America
Award for Excellence. The annual
award is presented to the most
outstanding battalion in the nation out
of 277 programs. Prior to the campus
ceremony, Governor Chris Gregoire
signed a gubernatorial proclamation on
behalf of the Wildcat Battalion.
The CWU unit also received the
prestigious MacArthur Award for the
best program in the Pacific Northwest
in 2007 and 2008. Last year, the
battalion was the brigade winner of the
Dean Marji Morgan seen Cycling for Arts
and Humanities.
Cycling for Arts and
Humanities Campaign
Faculty, students, and staff from
CWU’s College of Arts and Humanities
(CAH) participated in Cycling for Arts
and Humanities from August 30 to
September 3. Dean Marji Morgan led
the cyclists on a 300-mile trip, from
the Oroville area back to Ellensburg,
at about sixty miles per day. The
cyclists rode to raise money to support
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outstanding scholarship and creative
work by CAH students and faculty.
In conjunction with the trip, several
CWU students organized taco dinners
for the cyclists in Tonasket and Chelan.
The dinners brought the cyclists
together with local K-12 students and
their parents.
directors to do their very best work.
Many thanks to all of those who
supported this campaign!
“The community interaction allowed
middle and high school students to
see and get to know CWU faculty,
administrators, students, staff and
alums, and to hear about Central’s
excellent academic programs,” Morgan
said.
Even though the ride has been
completed, donations are still being
accepted at Support Cycling for Arts
and Humanities.
The goal is to raise $15,000: ten student
grants of $1,000 each, and two faculty
grants of $2,500, to assist with the
travel and equipment/materials that
are essential for student and faculty
scholars, artists, performers, and
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Wildcat football standout Jerome Williams
helped students “Read to Succeed.”
Scholar-Athletes
Help Students Read
To Succeed
Two Central students involved with
the Don and Verna Duncan Civic
Engagement Center have launched
a new program designed to inspire
students to read.
CWU Helps
Students in a
Challenging
Economy
Students First is a fund designed to
help students remain in school during
today’s challenging economy by providing
scholarships for tuition, books, room and
board, and other necessities.
To invest in Students First, contact
Chris Frankenfield at 509-963-2179 or
[email protected], or contribute online at
www.mycentral.cwu.edu/studentsfirst.
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“Read to Succeed” is the brainchild of
CWU students Erin Mahnke and Kyle
McCorquodale. Each quarter, CWU
student athletes participate in morning
reading sessions with kindergartenthrough- fifth-grade students at Valley
View Elementary School in Ellensburg.
Fourteen football athletes participated
in the program fall quarter.
For those who like to tweet, CWU is
now on Twitter at http://twitter.com/
CentralWashU. Sign on and become a
follower. In addition, the university has
initiated a YouTube site (http://www.
youtube.com/CentralWashU) and has
established a Facebook page (search
for Central Washington University).
And KCWU-TV has also set up a site
on BlogSpot (http://kcwutv.blogspot.
com/) allowing for alumni, community
members, faculty, and students to share
video ideas and bring creative concepts
to life.
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The CWU Distinguished Professor
awards were announced at the
May 1 Board of Trustees meeting.
Dr. Robert Holtfreter, accounting,
received the service award;
Dr. Roxanne Easley, history,
received the award for teaching;
Dr. Joseph Powell, English, was
honored for artistic accomplishment;
and Dr. Matthew Altman, Douglas
Honors College/philosophy and
religious studies, received the
non-tenure track faculty award for
teaching. They received their awards
at the Honors Convocation on
June 12.
The collaborative effort between
members of Central’s Public
Relations Student Society
of America (PRSSA) chapter
and the Ellensburg Downtown
Association was honored by the
State of Washington Department
of Community, Trade, and Economic
Development as an Outstanding
Public Partnership. The award
is part of the State Downtown
Revitalization/Main Street Program,
which has been helping communities
revitalize the economy, appearance,
and image of their downtown
commercial districts since 1984.
Lila Harper, English and graduate
studies, was awarded a Modern
Language Association (MLA)
Certificate of Achievement during
the annual MLA convention in San
Francisco. Her award was based
on “distinguished contributions
made as a Fellow for The Modern
Language Association International
Bibliography 2005-08.” Harper was
also appointed senior bibliographer
for the MLA’s International
Bibliography. This appointment
is reserved for accomplished
bibliographers of longstanding who
have demonstrated a high level
of scholarship and bibliographic
knowledge.
President’s office student assistant
Lauren Blesi was selected as
Central’s 2009 Student Employee of
the Year. A June 2009 philosophy
graduate, she was employed by the
president’s office for two years. Her
colleagues recommended her for the
high quality of her work, professional
conduct, and communication skills.
The 2008 Alumni Association
distinguished alumni recipients are
Robert Panerio, 1953, College
of Arts and Humanities; Robyn
Caspersen, 1984, College of
Business; Carolyn Schactler,
1949/1975, College of Education
and Professional Studies; and
Ron Dotzauer, 1972, College of
the Sciences. The 2008 Special
Achievement Award was given to
Eniko Kramar, 1992. The 2008
Excellence in Teaching Award
recipients were: for the College
of Arts and Humanities, Cynthia
Coe, professor, philosophy, and
director of the Women’s Studies
Program; College of Business, Mark
Pritchard, professor, marketing,
with a specialization in sports
marketing; College of Education
and Professional Studies, Roby
Robinson, professor of safety and
health management, industrial and
engineering technology; and College
of the Sciences, Judith Hennessy,
professor, sociology, specializing
in gender and poverty, specifically
low-income women, family, and
welfare reform.
CWU Publicity Center staff member
and 2008 alumnus Justin Beckman
has been awarded the 2008
Outstanding Student Achievement
in Contemporary Sculpture Award
for his installation, Homestead.
The award was given as part of
a partnership between Grounds
For Sculpture, a sculpture park
in Hamilton, New Jersey, and the
International Sculpture Center.
News & Notes
Graduates of the recently
accredited CWU Mental Health
Counseling Program scored in the
99.9th percentile on the National
Counseling Examination. According
to Robert Brammer, psychology
professor, scores at this level “would
rank CWU within the top ten
[schools] in the country.” The Council
for Accreditation of Counseling
and Related Education Programs
accredited the graduate program in
July of 2007.
In celebration of Black History
Month, CWU, its Center for the
Dream, and the Yakima African
American Education Steering
Committee presented the African
American Off to College Program
in February. The program introduces
university academic and student
life programs to African American
students in Yakima County. Central’s
Center for the Dream serves as a
hub for the study and advancement
of knowledge about Black America,
Africa, and the Black Diaspora.
Joseph Powell, professor, English,
received a $25,000 National
Endowment for the Arts Literature
Fellowship for Poetry. Powell, a
CWU alumnus, has taught at Central
since the early 1980s. He is currently
working on his fourth full-length
book of poems.
CWU distinguished alumnus
Don Duncan received the 2008
Distinguished Service Award from
Phi Delta Kappa (PDK) Educational
Foundation, an international
alliance of educators and education
supporters. PDK grants the award
to those “who have distinguished
themselves through their outstanding
contributions.” Duncan is only the
nineteenth PDK member to have
earned the distinction since the
award’s 1983 inception.
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Student Profile
“The people were the happiest and most gracious people
I have ever met. Just saying ‘hola’ to them brought a smile
to their faces,” said Alyssa Caudill. “They were extremely
receptive and so appreciative of all of our help.”
Caudill was one of a dozen CWU students from the David
Wain Coon Center for Excellence in Leadership who took
part in a service trip to El Salvador. Despite language barriers,
the people of the community welcomed them with gratitude
and friendship.
The group stayed in El Salvador from April 3 to 10 to
experience the country’s culture, learn its history, and, most
important, to perform service work to improve the lives of El
Salvadorans.
The CWU students and two advisers joined with other
groups from Evergreen Valley and San Jose City colleges.
CWU alumnus David Wain Coon, for whom the Center for
Excellence in Leadership is named, is president of the two
California colleges, a connection that fostered collaboration
among the groups.
CWU student Chris Palmer enjoyed meeting new friends in El Salvador.
He also photographed the images for this story.
Students had the opportunity to visit four cities in the region
and toured historical museums and landmarks. A memorable
experience for the students was viewing a Salvadoran Civil
War memorial inscribed with more than 25,000 names
of individuals missing or dead as a result of the conflict,
Destination:
El Salvador
Central Students Promote Global Community
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which raged from 1980 to 1992. The country is in political
transition—the people are experiencing the aftermath of the
more than decade-long unrest, and in June a new president
took office.
“It’s an exciting time for the people of El Salvador,” said CWU
student Chris Palmer. “There is a real attitude of hope.”
Central students and advisers, when not learning about the
region’s history and culture, were hard at work. They labored
in ninety-five degree heat to prepare an abandoned building
for conversion to a community youth center. Students scraped
interior walls to make way for fresh paint and swept dusty
floors. Gangs are an unfortunate presence in the area, and
the youth center is an effort to combat gang participation by
providing a positive place for young people to socialize.
El Salvador Civil War memorial wall
The CWU group provided the children with school supplies,
taught them games, and completed a project in which the
children expressed their ideas of social injustice and hopes
for future change. Those projects have now been made into a
large poster featured in the CWU Awareness Maze, which was
part of the Human Rights Awareness Tour that ran at Central
from April 27 to May 1.
CWU students also reinforced the banks of an area creek,
one of the few sources of water in the dry landscape, and took
measures to protect trees from insect infestation. Later, they
donated their services to local elementary schools, where
amenities were meager.
Palmer describes the experience as “life changing,” and
he hopes to return to El Salvador in the near future to
continue helping the community. He says that experiencing
the country’s culture and having the opportunity to help
El Salvadoran people has left a lasting impact.
“The conditions were unlike anything that we deal with here,”
said Palmer. “One school we visited in a rural area had only
two classrooms to accommodate three hundred students.
They don’t have clean drinking water, and the facility’s kitchen
was very limited.”
“During the trip we talked a lot about global solidarity, the
idea that different countries and cultures can unify,” he said.
“It’s really changed my way of thinking. We should seek to
become more of a global community and reach out to help
areas in need.”
CWU students spruced up an abandoned building to make a community center.
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FACULTY Profile
Anthony Diaz
Tripping the
Light Fantas
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tic
“All high truth is poetry.
Take the results of
science: they glow with
beauty, cold and hard
as are the methods of
reaching them.”
—Charles Buxton, brewer,
philanthropist, writer, and politician
(1823-1871)
About ten years ago, new technology
allowed the development of large,
flat-screen televisions, far superior
in picture quality, size, and weight
to the old cathode-ray tube TVs.
But consumer demand for the new
sets was virtually nil because in the
late ‘90s, the smallest flat-screen
TVs cost more than $10,000!
Thanks to scientists like
Dr. Anthony Diaz and advances
in the field of display technology,
even behemoth wide-screen wonders
now cost roughly half that. His
work at Central, while not directly
geared to commercial applications,
is breaking new ground in the
white-hot field of materials science
and solid-state chemistry.
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Diaz, a former research and development scientist for Sylvania Lighting, worked on
display technology, developing the light-emitting materials like those in fluorescent
lights, yet more efficient and less damaging to the environment. Conventional
fluorescent lights, while drawing much less energy than incandescent lights, need
mercury, a toxic heavy metal, to work.
“There’s only a small amount of mercury in each bulb, but a million bulbs in a landfill
become a significant problem,” he said. Diaz received several patent awards for his work.
Although Diaz enjoyed his work (and salary) at Sylvania, he was drawn to academia
because at his core, he is an educator—“I love my job. I love teaching.”
Most of the students Diaz works with are
undergraduates, uncommon in this field
of study. He often shares authorship on
papers with his students and takes them to
conferences to expose them to different
specialties in the field. Many have gone on to
earn advanced degrees.
Rosa Rabinovitz, a third-year student
from Belfair who is in the Science Talent
Expansion Program, is one of Diaz’s protégés.
She was uncertain of the direction she
wanted to go in chemistry, until she talked
to Diaz, and by the spring quarter of her
freshman year, she had joined his group.
“I’ve been working in Dr. Diaz’s lab for three
years now, and I absolutely love the work I
do!” she enthused. Although she admitted
the work could be frustrating, she realized it
was good for her to “learn that science isn’t
always easy.”
Diaz was recently awarded
a $150,000 National Science
Foundation grant to study
energy losses at the surfaces
of nanoparticles. His work is
the type of research that will
be performed at Central’s new
Research Foundation (CWURF).
Like research foundations at
other institutions, CWURF will
support Central’s core research
mission, help commercialize
intellectual property,
and establish important
partnerships with regional
agencies and businesses.
Diaz calls his field esoteric, but points out that materials science is, simply, the science
of stuff and solid-state chemistry is about solid stuff—that which isn’t a gas or a liquid.
Diaz investigates the properties of certain kinds of stuff, in this case, light-emitting
phosphors—a fancy name for things that “glow-in-the-dark.” His research may
eventually improve electronics, including high definition plasma displays and solar cells.
Diaz’s groundbreaking research has opened up the field in exciting new ways, developing
brand new models and techniques.
“We’re dealing with measurements of energy transfer. For example, a phosphor needs
energy before it can emit light. We look at how the phosphor absorbs energy and try to
understand the different things that happen to this energy on its way to producing visible
light. We compare what gets absorbed with what is emitted and make measurements at
different concentrations.
“No one has done this type of work before or published this type of thing before with
different compounds,” he continued. “We’re creating standards of measurement that will
provide a whole new way of evaluating materials.”
The National Science Foundation recently awarded Diaz a $150,000 grant for related
research into the energy losses at the surfaces of nano particles.
Of course, Diaz’s “glow-in-the-dark stuff ” is a little more sophisticated than what you’ll
find in the toy store, although you see it in everyday items like TV screens, computer
monitors, and other lighted displays. His current research involves the properties of
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europium, a rare earth element. Europium is the most reactive of the rare earth
elements and one of the least abundant. Diaz studies it because it displays a lot of
different colors and is a fast emitter—it swiftly converts energy into light.
In his lab, he and his students heat powdered europium in ovens that reach
temperatures of up to 3,300 degrees Fahrenheit, hot enough to melt most metals.
“What we do is ‘dope’ europium into these phosphors, which means that we
add a small amount of europium to a solid lattice [structure] comprised of other
atoms [like yttrium, boron, and oxygen],” Diaz explains. “To do the doping we
cook powdered europium oxide along with the other materials that make up the
phosphor. The resulting properties will depend on the charge of the europium once
it’s in the lattice. We control that by the atmosphere we use for the firing—either by
heating in air or under a flow of other gases such as hydrogen or argon.”
Understanding the properties of europium builds the foundation of knowledge
for discovering practical applications and, perhaps, solutions for technological
conundrums.
For example, Diaz wants to solve some of the problems of display technology. He’d
like to discover why a phosphor sometimes loses its properties. A big drawback to
plasma TVs is that the phosphor that creates the color blue in the screen’s display
tends to fade after a few years—“We need to find a new blue phosphor.”
“Display phosphor science is big in Asia; that’s where the technology began. I’m a
famous guy in Japan,” he says with a smile, noting that countries like Germany, Japan,
and Korea are ahead of the United States in this area.
Ultimately Diaz sees his work as forging the foundation for more advanced
technology. Instead of coming up with new materials and looking for applications,
he takes a design approach, figuring out what properties of a material are important
for an application and then developing the necessary materials. In the years to
come, Diaz and his students will be lighting the way for a brighter, better, and
greener future.
Student Rosa Rabinovitz has recently
been accepted into the Science Honors
Program and will continue to work with
Diaz until she graduates. She plans to
apply for an advanced degree in material
science and hopes to work in the industry
as a research assistant and be “part of the
research community in any way possible.”
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In his first interview with
Central Connections, new
CWU President James L.
Gaudino discusses his
thoughts on the future of
higher education and what
led him to become Central’s
president during an era of
unparalleled technological
transformation.
HIGHER EDUCATION:
The Times
They Are A
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A-Changin’
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Come writers and critics
Higher Education in the Digital Age
Who prophesize with your pen
“I think we’re going to have to adapt to an environment where
information is plentiful, free, and immediate; where our job
will be to guide students, helping them develop the literacy
skills to be able to weed through what is valid and useful on
the Internet and what is not,” Dr. Gaudino added.
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won’t come again
Bob Dylan, from “The Times They Are A-Changin’”
In many respects, the way education is delivered in the
twenty-first century is not all that different from the
way it was delivered in the fourteenth century. The basic
assumptions remain that information is scarce and vested
in well-educated individuals; that it is relatively expensive
to transmit from person to person; and it is best done at
the same time and place, such as in a classroom. Those
assumptions are now being challenged by a generation of
digitally savvy students.
“The world we all live in—and particularly students live
in—does not fit the old educational assumptions,” CWU
President Jim Gaudino said. “Information is no longer
scarce—it’s largely free, and it’s ubiquitous. You can use
Google and find virtually any fact that you want. There is
an almost unlimited amount of information on the Internet.
And it is completely separated from time and place.”
Gaudino, who officially took the reins as Central’s fourteenth
president on January 1, will undoubtedly oversee changes—
potentially unprecedented ones—in how the university
conducts business.
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Gaudino is comfortable with new communication paradigms.
Before coming to Central, he served as the founding dean of
the College of Communication and Information at Kent State
University in Ohio. The college is comprised of the schools of
communication studies, journalism, and mass communication;
library and information science; and visual communication
design. Under his leadership, the college grew and became
a center of innovation. And innovation will be a watchword
during his CWU tenure.
“People my age assume that social contact is limited to
face-to-face communication or mediated by a telephone,” he
pointed out. “But our students amass large numbers of friends
in various social networking environments. They text each
other in different times and places and maintain strong social
contacts as a result of that. So, we’re going to have to figure
out what is appropriate and how to fully adapt to changes
in communication technologies. That’s going to be a huge
challenge.”
That raises the question: Will universities as bricks-andmortar institutions ultimately cease to exist?
“No I don’t think so, but it may be a different kind of bricks
and mortar environment,” Gaudino speculated. “We will see
students who would benefit from the traditional residential
environment, but others will benefit from a more online
environment, a hybrid environment, or the university
center environment—a combination of the residential and
nonresidential environments. Students will be able to pick and
choose based on their learning styles, their majors, and other
demands on their time. That said, it would be hard for me to
envision teaching music online. It’s easier to envision taking
an intro to psychology class or a basic history course online.
So we may see some majors offered in traditional modes and
others in technology-assisted modes.”
Which means that there will quite likely be an even greater
use of and reliance on technology as a learning tool.
“Understanding what the Web and video can do—given
time and resources—I could design an online course with
informational content that would be far superior to what I
could do in the classroom by myself. Then, as a professor, I
could devote my classroom time to talking with students to
help synthesize the online content, to give them hands-on
learning experiences and other exercises. That’s the direction
I think we should head, because then we will be taking
advantage of the best of both worlds to provide an even
broader and richer experience for our students.”
The reality is, with these advancements, university costs
would necessarily increase, because educational technology
professionals would be needed on staff to assist in creating
high-tech presentations and learning tools. Modernizing
several centuries of education tradition in this way will come
at a cost, one that is probably not calculable at this point. It
also comes at a time when state resources for public higher
education are stretched thin, and today’s students are tending
not to look at higher education as a means to an end, but in
terms of the value of their expenditure.
The Funding Dilemma
“When I started in education twenty-seven years ago as
a faculty member, the bulk of the money with which the
university operated was from the state,” Gaudino recalled.
“Over time we’ve seen state support go down and the reliance
on tuition go up to make ends meet. Students now carry a
heavy financial burden.
“Before this budget year, the percentage of CWU’s
operational budget that the state provided was greater than
that provided by tuition. This year we’re going to reverse that.
The state budget [for fiscal year 2009-10] was balanced largely
on the back of higher education. That surprised me because
I thought of Washington as being more progressive than
that. Of course what should have given me a clue was that
Washington has one of the highest rates of associate’s degree
attainment and one of the lowest of bachelor’s degrees in the
United States. That means the state is an importer of fouryear college educated students. Given our industries and our
increasing technology sector, you would think the state would
want to invest more in four-year education.”
In addition, public funding for education is becoming more
tied to educational outcomes and producing graduates to
fill specific employment needs and roles. There has been
discussion of three-year, year round bachelor’s degree
programs, allowing students quicker entry into the job market.
In some areas, there have been calls to eliminate the liberal
arts core entirely.
On the Liberal Arts
“I think we will continue to see the liberal arts being taught
[at public universities],” Gaudino noted. “What I could
see is an attempt to restructure the liberal arts into a more
integrated set of courses. Some universities are already
working on coupling courses together into blocks. If, for
example, students are studying English, history, humanities,
and philosophy, those courses could be pedagogically and
curricularly interwoven and synchronized. In a given week,
students would study the history of a given period along with
the predominant philosophy, literature, and art of the same
time, and could start seeing the cross-influences. You could
begin tailoring the liberal arts—not specifically to the major—
but to make sure there is an emphasis on the underlying
thought and philosophies of a profession. If you do this, I
think the liberal arts will become an even a stronger part of a
professional education.”
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“I view my relationship
with CWU like that
between Native
Americans and the
earth: I want to build it
in a sustainable fashion,
leaving it better for
those who follow.”
The New University Student
Along with the challenges associated with how higher
education is delivered, and at what cost, is the necessity to
meet the needs of a student body that is also in a state of
rapid flux. With the baby boomers now getting older, the
number of high school graduates is declining. The biggest
enrollment drop, in terms of percentage, is likely to be
among white students, a shift already in evidence. Asian and
African-American student enrollments are predicted to
remain relatively static, while Hispanic student enrollment is
predicted to rise.
“A larger percentage of the students at Central—and all
universities—will be made up of formerly underrepresented
populations; we’re going to see different demographics
coming into the university,” Gaudino said. “We’re also seeing
an increase in the number of nontraditional students coming
back to either finish a degree or to retool themselves for a
career change, for personal choice, or because their jobs have
changed.”
For many of those same reasons, some nontraditional students
are also seeking terminal master’s degrees, which are not
intended to lead to a doctoral degree. “And we need to be
ready to offer them those master’s degrees,” Gaudino said.
Another piece of the enrollment puzzle will involve Central’s
strong and expanding ties to international education, both
in sending our students abroad and in hosting international
students at Central. Having international students come to
Central is a way to promote our students’ world experience
while maintaining enrollment and keeping costs down.
“But that also has a less dramatic effect on our American
students,” Gaudino said. “For example, instead of spending a
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year in China, our students get the opportunity to attend
class with, say, five Chinese students. Clearly the former has
more impact than the latter, but the reality is that we want
to do both. If I had my way, every one of our students would
spend at least a quarter abroad—the summer being one
of the quarters—in whatever country made the most sense
for them.”
On Becoming a University President
Although Gaudino has pondered what the future holds for
higher education for years, he acknowledged that directing
such educational revisions at the university presidential level
was really not a career aspiration.
“Since I was in my thirties, every job I’ve taken I assumed
was my last—I’ve never taken a job as preparation for the next
one. When I went to Kent State as dean I thought I’d be dean
for fifteen years and then retire. However, it seemed that the
questions I raised at various levels of meetings were about
things outside my responsibilities as dean. So, after a couple
of years, the president (Carol Cartwright) finally called me
into her office and said, ‘Why don’t you consider becoming a
president?’”
Cartwight recalled, “I developed deep respect for Jim
Gaudino’s leadership as I observed him as a very successful
dean at Kent State. When he told me about the presidency
of Central Washington University and described why he was
excited about the opportunity, I knew that I wanted to be an
advocate for him. I am a firm believer in the need for a good
match between what a leader brings and what an organization
needs. In my judgment, Jim Gaudino and Central Washington
University are a perfect match and I expect he will have great
success.”
While Gaudino has spent much of his career in academics,
he’s also served in national organizations, including as
executive director of the National Communication
Association. The scholarly society of 7,000 members strives
to improve instruction and to produce research on topics
of both intellectual and social significance related to human
communication. In addition, he has run his own business,
been involved in community relations, served as a chief
executive officer for upwards of two decades, and, following
his graduation from the US Air Force Academy, served with
the military in California, Turkey, and Germany. That makes
his vita markedly different when compared to those of many
other college and university presidents.
“In the academic affairs pipeline, you go from faculty to
chair to dean to provost to president,” Gaudino points out.
“However, nothing in that chain necessarily prepares you for
the breadth of responsibilities that the president has to deal
with, from legislative activities to community and on-campus
activities, student services, athletics, and all the rest. I’ve
done pieces of the presidency in various sorts of jobs. Those
positions have provided me with a very broad perspective,
and I think that’s what a president needs.”
When considering the Central presidency, Gaudino says
the university’s focus on undergraduate education meshed
well with his own core belief concerning the role of higher
education.
“I’ve been overwhelmed by the amount of opportunity our
undergrads have to participate in research, overwhelmed by
the amount of research our faculty do given the teaching loads
that they carry and the fact that they don’t have the doctoral
students that typically are the foundation for a lot of research
projects,” he added. “I like the consistency of our mission
and the way we focus our programs on a more specific set of
activities. There’s no question about what we’re supporting.”
During his to date short tenure, Gaudino has already come to
appreciate the collegiality of the administration, faculty, and
staff at Central—describing it as “phenomenal” and “better
than most universities.”
Despite budget challenges and the uncertainty of the future,
Gaudino says he couldn’t be happier to be in his new post.
“It’s an exciting time for me because I don’t shy away from
challenges. If you were to shy away from challenges, it would
be a horrible time to be a president,” Gaudino said. “As
president you’re just a steward of the university for a period of
time. Your responsibility is to manage it for a point twenty or
thirty years into the future, to move it along in that direction
and then let your successors pick it up. You inherit a direction
from a predecessor, and you pass one on to your successor;
that’s my responsibility.”
Or, as Dylan put it:
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is
Rapidly fadin’.
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin’.
On Friday, November 6, CWU will host a presidential inauguration
for the formal investiture of its fourteenth president, Dr. James L. Gaudino.
The university will celebrate the occasion with a series of events to honor
Dr. Gaudino and the rich history of the institution. All are invited to attend.
Inaugural Events
CONCERT
Faculty and Students from the CWU
Department of Music
Thursday, November 5, 7 p.m.
Music Building Concert Hall
SYMPOSIUM
The History of CWU and the Community
Friday, November 6, 9:15 a.m.
SURC 137 A & B
INAUGURAL LUNCHEON
Friday, November 6, Noon • SURC Ballroom
$10 per person, reservations required
CEREMONIAL INAUGURATION
Friday, November 6, 2 p.m.
McConnell Auditorium
PUBLIC RECEPTION
Immediately following ceremony
Sue Lombard Dining Room
For more information, contact the CWU Office of Special Events at 877-649-8707, or via e-mail at [email protected].
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philanthropy
giving
central
Warren
Street:
Leaving a Legacy of
Laughter and Learning
CWU professor emeritus Warren Street, psychology, built a reputation among
students as being a class act. A perennial favorite, he consistently received accolades
on student evaluations.
“My favorite student assessment came from a student who described my class as
‘lecture with interpretive dance,’” he said with a smile. “I just thought we should try
to have fun together and learn something new.”
In 1987, he received the outstanding teaching award from the Associated Students of
CWU and in 1999 the Wellington Award for Outstanding Teaching from the CWU
National Residence Hall Honorary.
Street came to Central in 1967, fresh out of graduate school in California, at the age
of twenty-four. And while it was the Age of Aquarius in Los Angeles, Street found he
had to trade a left-coast sensibility for a more easy-going, country frame of mind.
“I had never seen snow tires before, or cowboy boots on anyone who wasn’t going
to a costume party,” he remembered. “And I really had to reform my cutthroat Los
Angeles driving style to a more laid-back Ellensburg one.”
But Street quickly took to his new home and became involved in a number of
endeavors that would prove to leave a lasting imprint on CWU. He was instrumental
in bringing Central into the age of academic computing and co-published CWUsers,
the campus’s first newsletter related to the topic. He received funding from the
National Science Foundation to develop a course in social science computing and,
with other computer-savvy colleagues, developed faculty workshops to help his peers
navigate the brave new world of bits and bytes. Street also served administratively in
a number of positions, including acting dean of the School of Social and Behavioral
Sciences, associate dean of the College of the Sciences, and chair of the Department
of Psychology.
In 1975, Street began a long association with the William O. Douglas Honors College
(DHC), establishing the Great Books foundation for the curriculum, and teaching
and serving at its helm for many years. He also initiated the DHC Lecture Series,
introducing Justice Douglas’s wife, lawyer Kathy Douglas, as the first speaker.
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“The Douglas Honors College gives eager and talented students an opportunity to
fully exercise their abilities—it’s demanding,” he said. “It’s a place where they can
really expand their knowledge of western civilization.”
On the occasion of his retirement he was “delighted and surprised” that his family,
friends, and colleagues created an endowment in his name that directs funds to the
Douglas Honors College.
The Warren Street Endowment will provide support for the Warren Street Thesis
prize, awarded to a DHC student. It will also fund the Warren Street Scholarship for
an upperclass student majoring in psychology who has a strong record of scholarship
and excellent faculty references.
“I was so flattered when I learned the fund was created. It was a very appropriate
and humbling way of recognizing my retirement. It was wonderful,” acknowledged
Street. “But the best gift from the university was the daily contact with colleagues
and students. Forty years of daily delight.”
Lend a Hand
to the Legacy
More students than ever
rely on financial assistance
to pay for higher education.
Scholarships, like those
established for Dr. Street, help
ensure that talented students
remain and thrive at Central.
Simply stated, scholarships
change lives. An investment in
scholarships is an investment
in the university’s most
precious resource—its
students.
All active CWU scholarships
and endowments accept
contributions to increase the
size of scholarship awards or
the endowments themselves,
whichever you choose.
Dr. Warren
Street is wellknown for
his sense of
humor and
has published
cartoons
in the APA
Monitor
and several
textbooks.
For more information on
how you can help students
realize their dreams through
scholarships and endowments,
call 509-963-2160 or
800-752-4378, or e-mail
[email protected]. You can
also see a detailed list of CWU
scholarships and endowments
at www.cwu.edu/~scholar.
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giving
central
DONORS
We thank the following donors
for their gifts (of $250 or more)
made between July 1, 2008 and
June 30, 2009.
$50,000 and Over
The Boeing Company
CWU Housing, Dining, Wildcat Shop,
and Conference and Catering
Estate of Marcella Dodd
Estate of Dorothy J. Jaques
Estate of Paul LeRoy
Estate of Adeline Posch
Peggy Schaake
$10,000 and Over
America’s Team Charitable Foundation
Anonymous (2)
Bob Hall’s Sunfair Chevrolet
Central Washington Disability
Resources
Susan and David Coffman
College Park Apartments
Costco Wholesale
Cathy and Ron DeHart
John Delaney
Ellensburg Chevrolet
Joyce Johnson
Sheila and Loran Kollmorgen
Kroger (Fred Meyer)
Paula and David Malo
Thomas Nisbet
The Palace Café
Cindy and Mark Pearson
Debra and Arnie Prentice
Ginnie and Gene Roeglin
Verizon Foundation
Wing Central’s Roadhouse Grill
Mary Deaton and Duncan West
$5,000 and Over
Katherina Adeline
Roxiann and Antonio Adeline
Anonymous
Pete Barlow
Bechtel Group Foundation
The Copy Shop
Domino’s Pizza
Kathy and Alan Elser
Fairpoint Communications
Patty and Don Goetschius
Catherine and Brent Johnson
INBD, Inc. Subway
KNIK Construction Co., Inc.
Les Schwab Tire Center
Ken Martin
Windi and Marcus Martin
Meghan Miller
Marji Morgan
Pat and Dave Notter
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Puget Sound Energy
Cleo Rumpakis
Shaw’s Furniture and Appliance
Lora and Bill Stovall
Tarp It
Thunderbird Hotel
Timothy Park Apartments
Washington Health Foundation
Winegar’s
$1,000 and Over
A&A Motorcoach
Gerry Abbott
Zane and Chuck Adams
AGC of Washington Education
Foundation
Alaska Airlines
Albertson’s Food Center
Allied Group Asset Management
Cynthia and Davie Alporque
American Institute for Foreign Study
Linda and Randy Ammerman
Silvia and Mike Ammerman
Anchor M Apartments
Amy Anderson
Anderson Hay and Grain
Signa and John Anderson
Rose and Joe Andreotti
Anonymous (2)
Associated General Contractors of
America
Athletic Supply
Autoworks of Issaquah
Charlotte and Gene Balint
Bar 14 Ranch House Restaurant
April Barreca
Lea and Roger Beardsley
Marlys and Dick Bedlington
Gina and Ken Benesh
Bi-Mart
Barbara Bintliff
Carol and Jack Bishop
Jason Bjorkman
Kathleen and David Boushey
David Boyd
James Brennan
Jeannette and Corky Bridges
Broadmoor Fitness, LLC
Lillian and Jim Brooks
Anna and Tommie Brooks
Joy and Greg Brown
Budget Truck Wrecking
California State University, Northridge,
Foundation
Marilyn and Nathan Cammack
Sharron and Tom Carnevali
Campus U-Tote-Em
Campus Village Apartments
Robyn and John Caspersen
Cave B Estate Winery and Cave B Inn
at SageCliffe
Central Washington Comprehensive
Mental Health
Central Washington Insurance Agency
Marion and Charles Chadwick
Kathi and Ken Charlton
Julia and Aaron Christophersen
Clareta Olmstead Smith Trust
Joe Clark
Coffman Engineers
Columbia Basin Pizza Hut, Inc.
Comfort Inn
Dale Comstock
Conover Insurance, Inc.
Sybil and Mel Cox
Donna and Richard Cratsenberg
Curtright and Sons
Linda and John Dacy
Daily Record
Days Inn
Carol and Bill Driver
Katherine and Dave Degel
Deloris and Rolland Dewing
Mary and Ed Dooley
Owen Dugmore
Verna and Don Duncan
Rhonda and Greg Eastman
Ellensburg Pasta Co.
Joanne and Dick Elliott
Pat and Don Erickson
Estate of Gene Rae Hunter
Bonnie and Del Evans
Fitterer’s Furniture
Clifford Filleau
Joseph Fitterer
Fournier Insurance
Gary Frederick
Joan Baird Glover and Fritz Glover
Ryan Golze
Benjamin Graf
Graham Construction and Mgmt., Inc.
Granite Northwest, Inc.
Grant’s Pizza Place
Jen and Gary Gray
Laura and Jason Gray
Greater Seattle Alumnae of
Delta Zeta Sorority
Virginia and Grant Green
Kirk Groenig
Katie Level and Karl Guntheroth
Bob Guptill
Robert Hagemeier
Benjamin Hallada
Britta Jo and Ken Hammond
Mark and Scott Hanson
Jeannette Hart
Jim Hawkins
Steve Hayden
Dale Hedden
Hensel Phelps Construction Co.
Mary and Thomas Herche
Ruth and Greg Hilborn
Todd Hill
Barbara and Douglas Hilligoss
Marty Holberg
Holiday Inn Express
Stephanie and Dale Hubbard
Merrilee and Tom Hurson
INBD, Inc.
Wendy and Michael Jackson
Brian Jacobson
Beth and Ozo Jaculewicz
Jo Ann Jamison
Jeld-Wen Foundation
Kirk and Cheri Johnson
Melissa and Mark Johnson
Nadine Johnson
Patricia and Darrell Johnson
Sandy and George Kachlein
Kelley Realty, Inc.
Ken’s Quick Lube and Auto Wash
Ruth and Jay Kennon
Kiewit Pacific Co.
Kimmel Athletic Supply Co.
Kinetics Systems, Inc.
Debra and Sanford Kinzer
Christy Kirchner
Sharon and John Kirry
Kittitas County Field & Stream Club
Kittitas Valley Community Hospital
Ann and Ken Kladnik
Lauren and Bill Knight
Agatha Kosy
KXLE, Inc.
Paul Lambertsen
LaRiviere Family
Eva Lauve
Wendy Bohrson and Jeff Lee
Liberty Farm and Lawn
Megan Partlow and Patrick Lubinski
Lydig Construction
Mary Ann and George Macinko
Joan Garrow and Kevin Malone
Jeanine and James Martin
Michelle and David Massey
McDonald’s of Yakima County
Gisela and Charlie McGehee
Jacqueline and Galan McInelly
Jerilyn S. McIntyre and W. David Smith
Joel McIntyre
Sheri and John McKinstry
Pam and Jerry Merrick
Karen and John Moawad
Sydney and Steve Moe
Kathy and Don Moen
Greg Montano
Montano’s Catering
Janet and Doug Moore
Tom Morgan
Ed Mortimer
MSC Service Company
National Frozen Foods Corporation
Karen and Douglas Nickson
Phyllis and Jeffrey Nomura
Cheryl Norman
North Coast Electric Co.
Krista and Jason Nowakowski
Donna Nylander
Ron Olstad
Marilyn and Pat O’Shaughnessy
Sandy and Roger Ottmar
Barbara and Earl Overstreet
Charlotte and Robert Panerio
Papa Murphy’s Pizza
Marj and Jeff Petersen
Zora and Ken Peterson
Joyce and Larry Pinnt
Pioneer Newspaper Service, LLC
Susan and Darrell Posch
Steve Potter
Brad Powell
Linda and Bryan Powell
Gary and Jennifer Powell
The Presser Foundation
Puget Sound Energy Foundation
Jean Putnam
Quality Inn
Kelley and Wayne Quirk
Jane and Jay Reich
Karen and Ed Reich
Jean Reynolds
Ann and Don Ringe
Doreen and Chris Rivard
Scott Rollins
Frances Ross
Debi Ross-San Soucie and
Mike San Soucie
Beverly and Ralph Sager
David Sauve
Alana and Roy Savoian
Joy and Bob Scheidt
Don Schliesman
Frances and Henry Schnebly
Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving
Kimberly and Tim Searing
Sellen Construction
Lori Sheeran
Shirtworks
Leslie and Stanley Shore
Marcia and Mark Shuford
Carol Smoots and Jay Hines
Michoan and Hans Spoelstra
Standard Insurance Company
Steel Founders’ Society of America
Barbara and Bill Stevens
Libby and Warren Street
Gabrielle Stryker and Paul McBride
Susan and Toby Suhm
Nancy Swartz and Tim Sund
Super 1 Foods
Gloria and Gerald Swanson
Paula and Al Swift
Jude and Mike Tembreull
Dan Thompson
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Jacque and Roland Tollefson
NaDine and Rosco Tolman
Jan and Keith Tolzin
Nancy and Wallace Treibel
Eleanor Trujillo
Danita and Craig Tullis
Charlotte Tullos
Turner Construction Company
United Rental
Sue and Bill Vertrees
Jackie and Bill Wallace
Barbara (Hertz) and Charles Wallgren
Washington Apple Education
Foundation
Washington Industrial Technology
Education Assoc.
Claudia and Roger Weaver
Wells Fargo
Heidi and Denny Weston
Fred and Jill Wilkins
Windermere Real Estate
Cathy and Gordy Wollen
Yakima Federal Savings and Loan
Yellow Church Café
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$500 and Over
Brenda and Bill Anderson
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Liahna and Jim Armstrong
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Jean and John Balint
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City of Ellensburg
Bettie and Doug Cochran
Judi and Rich Corona
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Floyd Coffman
Complete Computer Services
Council of Presidents
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Joel Hughes
Jane and Jack Curtright
D & M Coffee
Edwin Dallman
Cindy and Jim Davis
Anne and Clay Denman
Vicki and Don Dicken
Mary and Ed Dooley
Downtown Pharmacy
Terri and Jeff Eden
Ellensburg Golf and County Club
Roy Elia
Constance and Jeffrey Erb
Suzanne Duval-Evans and Jack Evans
Claire Fair
Louise and Frank Fennerty
Ferguson Construction
First American Title Company of
Kittitas County
Cathy and David Fitzgerald
Florence and Ronald Frye
Janet and Jim Gaffney
General Construction Company
GLY Construction, Inc.
Kris Graap
Kathleen and John Grant
Roger Gray & Associates
Green Pointe Development, LLC
Greg Holtman Construction
Kathleen and Greg Gundel
Ellen Hall
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Ruth and Ed Harrington
Gladys and Fred Hasse
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Dave Heaverlo and Peggy McNutt
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Briana Herrington
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Anne and Bill Hordan
Maren Oates and Jeff Horenstein
Nancy and John Hultquist
Gary and Jenna Hyatt
Terri and Robert Ingram
Jan and Dick Iversen
Katherine and Jack Johnson
Gail Jones
JTM Construction
Sherry and David Kaufman
Colleen Kelleher
Karen and Kevin Kimball
Arlene and Wayte Kirchner
KMS Homes, Inc.
Laughing Horse Arts Foundation
Greg LeClair
Sandy Lewis-Schuster and Al Schuster
Morag and John Liboky
Tarry and Malcolm Lindquist
Fred Lister
Mary Lochrie
MacDonald-Miller Facility Solutions
Manson Construction Co.
Max Kuney Co.
Valerie and Marc McBride
Scott and Tracy McCammant
Karen and Mark McCutchen
Debra McGlenn and Brian Foxworthe
Robert and Marie McGowan
Ralph Mead
Bill Miller
Martin Miller and
Katharine Morse-Miller
Laura Milner and Barbara Brooks
Lori and Michael Minard
Bob Minton
Karen and John Moawad
Beth Ashley and Michael Moe
Fern and R. Allen Morrow
Mortenson Construction
Eileen and Darwin Nelson
Christina and Kelly Nickerson
North Central Construction, Inc.
Northwest Construction, Inc.
Carol and Byron Norton
Judy Olson
Jeff Olwell
Christina and Alan Page
Mary and Richard Pedersen
Bradley Petersen
Tori Pickerel
Anne Marie and Michael Plumpe
Queens of Spades Garden Club
Jennifer and Chad Quigley
H. Reed and Ellen Caudle
Stephen Richey
Sam Ring
Rolsma Family
Rotary Club of Ellensburg Morning
Club
RSM McGladrey, Inc.
Larry Rudis
Helen and Paul Sabin
Larry and Shirley Sadler
Nancy and Keith Salyer
Catherine and Lou Savidge
Jim Schoelkopf
Katherine and Leslie Scott
Julie and John Selland
Gayle and Mike Sells
Dorothy Shadle
Troy Shaw
Mike and Jean Sparling
Ruth Ann and Gerry Stacy
Susan and Frank Steele
Judy and Chuck Stermetz
Barbara J. Stevens
Cathy and Tivnan
Urban Electric
Steve Wagner
Patricia and Bill Walker
Walsh Construction Co.
Kimberly and Ken Weber
MaryKay and Brett Wegner
Libby and Leroy Werkhoven
Jill and Fred Wilkins
Louise and Ted Wiprud
The Family of Dr. Lillian Clark Canzler
Bang-Soon Yoon and Michael Launius
Erin and Michael Zahn
$250 and Over
Absolute Engineering, LLC
Silvia and Mike Ammerman
Bob Andersen
Anning-Johnson Company
Anonymous
Arland and Jim Arland
Judy and Philip Backlund
Becky and Jack Baker
Leslie Benoit
Barbara Binder
Carol and Jack Bishop
Wendy Bohrson and Jeff Lee
Debra and Dennis Bounds
Lois Breedlove
Marlene and Gerald Brong
Anna and Tommie Brooks
Lynda Burke
Dorvalina and Tom Burns
Kathi and Mike Butorac
Sherri and Doug Cail
Mary and George Campbell
Caribou Trail Professional Medical
Services Group L
Sandra and Glenn Carlson
Mary and Paul Carter
Central Washington
Insurance Agency, Inc.
Gwen and Donald Chaplin
Gertrude Ching-Ceballos and
Edward Ceballos
B. I. and Dave B. Christiansen
City of Grandview
Susan and Andrew Clarke
Heather Young and Ken Clifton
David Cole
Sandra and Michael Colson
Costco Wholesale
Meredith Cratsenberg
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philanthropy
giving
central
Blake Davidson
Kim Dawson
Terry DeVietti
Donna Devine and David Tarver
Janice and Bryan Dorwin
Diana Dovey
Gayle Downey
Alix Drake-Williams and George Drake
Doreen and Tom Dyer
Catherine Eden
Ellensburg Property Management, LLC
Diane and Jeff Ellersick
Rhonda and Ronald Ewing
Teresa and Dane Fantz
Francine and William Folkestad
Bob Ford
Claire and William Fowler
Christine Frankenfield
Robert Frederick
Gilberto Garcia
Eletha and Steve Gariano
Marian and Bill Gerrits
Leona Graf
Nancy and Art Green
Margret and Peter Gries
Ruth and Ed Harrington
HDR Engineering, Inc.
Beverly Heckart
Kathleen and Jay Henderson
Judy Hennessy
Hogue Cellars
Dorothy and Ham Howard
Diane and Jim Huckabay
Jenna and Gary Hyatt
Indian Dan Canyon Ranch and
Land Company, Inc.
Iron Horse Brewery, Inc.
Laura James
Janilee Jeffery
Ginger Jensen
Larry Kain
George Kaszycki
Phillip Kelleher
Elaine and George Kimball
Karen and Kevin Kimball
Marianne and Corwin King
Alexander Kobrianov
Corinne and Jess Koopman
Teresa Kramer
Sun Chong and Kirby Lane
Jan and Calvin Lang
Mona Hovnanian and Duane LaRue
Evelyn Lemoine
Wendy and Ian Loverro
Paul Lunkes
Virginia and Moose Mack
Edna and Glenn Madsen
Audrey and Cory Manley
Joan and Eugene Marble
Maris & Associates, Inc.
Steve Marx
Estelle and Steve Mathews
Mike McCluskey
Deidra and Adam McCollum
Kelly Mears
Susan and Ken Merrell
Jeff Meyer
Sylvia Panchot and Frank Miller
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Brenda Mofford
Laurie and Kerry Monterey
NEDA Education Foundation
Kim and Peter Nisbet
Northwest Cascade, Inc.
Jeanette Orso
Catherine and William Parker
Esther and Fred Passler
PCL Construction Services, Inc.
Perkins Coie, LLP
Janet Fulton-Perkins and Dave Perkins
Trish and Scott Pernaa
Karen and James Power
QSC Audio Products
Gail and Don Radtke
Rafael Carrabba Violins, Inc.
Rhonda and Patrick Reilly
Coreen and Frank Reno
Shirley and Milton Richards
Robert D. Kahn & Company
Teri and Doug Robertson
Pam and Scott Robinson
Melissa and Frank Rodarte
Roslyn Cafe
Katherine Ross
Danny Rotter-Thomassen
Debbie and Sid Sackmann
Sagebrush Power Partners, LLC
Greg Sawyer
Catherine and Chris Scarlett
Shirley and Randy Schroers
Seattle Mariners Baseball Club
Susan and Craig Smith
Neil Smith
Patricia and John Snell
Damian Sokol
Kristin and Greg Sparling
John Staples
Susan and Frank Steele
Elizabeth Stein
Cathy and Jason Sterbenz
John Street
Kevi Sutter
Pat and John Swiney
Mel Tanasse
Vickie and Bob Tanasse
The Tav, Inc.
Beverley and Randy Taylor
Todd Thayer
The Children’s House
U S Bancorp
Valley Mall, LLC
Steve Varga
Holly and Neal White
Christa and John Williams
Lisa and Randall Wilson
Martha Wyckoff
Yakima Greenway Foundation
Gifts made “in memory”
commemorate the life of a loved
one who has passed away. Gifts
made “in tribute” celebrate special
contributions and occasions,
such as anniversaries, birthdays,
graduations, or other significant
events.
Lifetime
Associates
In Memory
Lillian and Jim Brooks
Lovelia and Bob Case
Ginny and John Coons
Verna and Don Duncan
Tammy and Jim Erickson
Janice and Allen Faltus
Louise and Frank Fennerty
Loretta Foote
Winona Hollins-Hauge and
John Hauge
Darby and Scott Johnson
Barbara Klinefelter
Bonnie and F. Steven Lathrop
Toni and Keith Menig
Pam and Jerry Merrick
Andrea Moawad
Catherine Hall Moe
James Pappas
Ramona and Joe Pease
Joyce and Larry Pinnt
Naomi Randall
Beverly and Ralph Sager
Peggy Schaake
Kim and Dave Thomas
Oral Baker
Adrian L. Beamer
Ralph D. Brodersen
David A. Cratsenberg
Cage Cross
Heather D. DeHart
Richard C. Elliott
Casey Feroglia
Priscilla Gray
Lisa A. Grove-Bilodeau
Ralph D. Gustafson
Jerry L. Jones
Donald P. Larsen
Valerie G. Lister
Robert E. McConnell
Peter V. Melrose
George T. Morris
Lucille Orrell
Marcelo Porras
Beverly J. Richards
Donald E. Schaake
Doreen M. Schwab
Rebecca L. Shaw
Mary E. Sherrard
David W. Sloan
Robert J. Topmiller
Pamela S. Whitener-Ernst
In Tribute
James E. Brooks
John E. Drinkwater
Gary C. Frederick
Priscilla Gray
Chester Z. Keller
David G. Lygre
Laurae Y. Lygre
Jerilyn S. McIntyre
John F. Moawad
Bill Owen
George T. Morris
Students from Naches
Holly M. Sawyer
Jesse C. Schossow
Women’s Softball Team
Sportsmanship Honors
Warren R. Street
We are pleased to recognize
Lifetime Associates for past
generous donations that created the
foundation on which we have built
a strong, charitable giving program.
Legacy
Society
The CWU Legacy Society honors
alumni and friends who have
provided future gifts to CWU
through their estate plans.
We thank those named below for
their commitment, foresight, and
generosity.
Terry Anderson
Sharon and Doug Andrews
Anonymous (2)
Marie Fugate Baird and Ted Baird
Duncan Bonjorni
Omar Boulds
Dick Brame
Rhonda and Joel Burk
Marilyn and Nathan Cammack
Marion and Charles Chadwick
Patricia Clark
Cheryl Cole-Blanton
Beatrice Coleman
Dale Comstock
David Wain Coon
Lorrie Cross
Deloris and Rolland Dewing
Brenda and Gary Dickinson
Mary and Ed Dooley
Carol and Bill Driver
Owen Dugmore
Verna and Don Duncan
Norene and Jon Eggers-Erlandson
Joan and Robert Fennell
Helen Fitzgerald
Joyce and Wolfgang Franz
Gayle Giffey-Keesler
Jo Wilson and Dick Gilbert
Tony Ginn
Ryan Golze
Kris Graap
Jen and Gary Gray
Marilyn and Robert Greenway
Marilyn Grey
Louise Gustafson
Dennis Haldane
John Harrison
Jeannette Hart
Cindy and Fred Haruda
Leslie Benoit and Spencer Hatton
Russell Hepler
Cheryal and Stephen Hertling
Wayne Hoff
Dorothy and Ham Howard
Janet and George Ice
May Jankowski
Joyce Johnson
Gail Jones
Pamela and Dennis Kelly
Pat King
Gary Kirkpatrick
Rainy Knight
Carolyn and Lyle Kremer
Madalon and Rod Lalley
Susan and Michael Lanctot
Judy Livingston
Mary Ann and George Macinko
Chol and Michael Madzuma
Bruce Martin
Jerilyn S. McIntyre and W. David Smith
Gaye McKnew
Toni and Keith Menig
George Nelson
Edward Nolan
Linda and Neal Ottmar
Ben Owre
Omar Parker
Ramona and Joe Pease
Janet Fulton-Perkins and
Dave Perkins
Joyce and Larry Pinnt
Carol and Tib Plughoff
Susan and Darrell Posch
Karen and James Power
Peggy Schaake
Kim and Kevin Schick
Jim Schoelkopf
Margaret Setchfield
Darcilyn and Rick Shields
Don Singleton
Mona Stacy
Wilma Stellingwerf
Barbara and Bill Stevens
Lora and Bill Stovall
Louise and Bill Tucker
Patty and Howard Vogel
Marjorie and Charles Walker
Lynda Watters
Dianna Weller
Wanda Wendt
Patrick West
Charlotte White Helmick and
Sheldon Helmick
Louise and Ted Wiprud
Carl Wittenberg
Noella Wyatt
Freda Zimmerman Griffin
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campus life
Fewer than 5 percent of college students play on
varsity teams, leaving many skilled and eager athletes
looking for a way to play and compete. Central’s
Collegiate Sport Clubs provide opportunities for
students to connect with peers and play the sports
they love. CWU’s sport clubs began with men’s rugby
in 1972 and the number has steadily grown over the
years. There are now twenty-three teams ranging from rodeo to ice hockey. A total of 394
students competed in these clubs during 2008-09, while more than 600 students are
on club rosters.
“It’s just amazing. Students are growing more ambitious in terms of their activities,
finding other students to connect with, and finding outlets for what they want to
do,” said Corey Sinclair, Collegiate Sport Clubs coordinator. Sinclair offers budgeting
assistance, team management help, and general guidance to teams, but insists, “We give
students direction and tools, but they govern and build their own teams.”
Students must take the initiative to start a club, according to Steve
Waldeck, director of University Recreation. He described the grassroots
efforts of a student interested in starting a lacrosse team. The young man
carried a lacrosse stick attached to his backpack for weeks to attract the
attention of other interested students, ultimately with great success.
Collegiate Sport Clubs also provide an outlet for students with
unconventional athletic interests. Many sports not offered in the varsity
sector, like bowling and ultimate disc, i.e., ultimate Frisbee, have become
established in the CWU community. Students also have
the opportunity to connect with peers through more
individual sports, like climbing and karate.
Many students just want to meet people with similar
interests and get involved. The Dance Cats dance team
encourages everyone to attend meetings and enjoy
participating whether they ultimately compete or not.
Similarly, the rodeo team has about twenty competing
members, but sixty students are on their club roster.
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CLUB PLAYER VIED
FOR SPOT ON
SEATTLE SOUNDERS
Facing the daunting obstacles of fierce
competition and an injured foot,
Alvaro Valencia almost didn’t attend
the Yakima tryout for the Sounders
SuperSearch. The Disney-sponsored
contest offered contestants the
chance to secure a spot on the Seattle
Sounders Football [soccer] Club 2009
roster.
Leadership is the most essential element to a
successful sport club. In an effort to help students
develop crucial leadership skills, University
Recreation has partnered with the Center for
Excellence in Leadership to provide guidance for
students in this area. The program conducts sessions
for students to develop leadership skills, address and
resolve issues, and confront challenges in a way that is best for the team. Students
can also obtain official leadership transcripts that document their activity on their
team. “The motivation and focus that team leaders exercise is definitely an impressive
resume item,” said Waldeck, “These students gain marketable, real-world leadership
skills that are transferable to any field.”
Although sport clubs’ athletes vary in skill level, and teams are generally more focused
on recreation than competitive reputation, CWU sport clubs’ teams hold their own
off campus as well. The men’s rugby team finished the 2008-09 season ranked twelfth
in the nation among Division 1 college teams, including club and varsity. The team
went undefeated in league (8-0), while clinching a second straight Division I league
title. The rodeo team has had six or more members attend nationals the past two
years, including Jamie Virden, who was crowned Miss Rodeo USA this year.
Club members must take an active role in organizing the teams’ functions and
fundraisers. Central does allocate funding for the club teams. However, when divided
by twenty-three, each team’s piece of the pie is relatively small. So students step
up to help their team to an impressive degree. Over the past two years, the clubs
collectively raised $286,000 of their own funds. Last year, the men’s rugby team twice
traveled to compete in California, and the cost for each student was around $1,000.
The students, determined to compete, conducted fundraisers and used their own
funds to pay for the trip.
“When students finish their time at Central, they won’t
necessarily remember what games were won and lost,
or even if they played in every game,” said Bob Ford,
associate director of University Recreation. “They’ll
remember connecting with other students, loving their
sport, and putting on the Central colors and supporting
their team.”
For a complete listing of the Collegiate Sport Clubs
currently offered at CWU, visit www.cwu.edu/~rec.
Valencia didn’t
think he had a
shot at selection,
but sitting out
wasn’t his style.
Despite reinjuring
his foot during
play, Valencia
shone amidst the
other hopefuls,
and was selected
from 600 tryout
participants
as one of ten
finalists.
A December 2008 graduate, Valencia
played on the CWU collegiate club
soccer team as much as he was able,
while also playing on the Yakima Reds
team and working toward his degree.
He praises club athletes for their skill,
but more importantly, for possessing
the drive to establish and govern their
own teams.
Although Valencia’s performance
was widely recognized as one of the
competition’s strongest, he didn’t make
it to the final round of the SuperSearch.
But Valencia wasn’t discouraged. His
performance throughout the contest
has garnered him attention at the
professional level, and he has been
fielding requests to attend tryouts
across the country. “The experience has
been worth it just for that,” he said. “It
was fun and exciting, and now I have a
chance at new opportunities.”
Until he breaks into the pros, Valencia
is very busy working at a Yakima
accounting firm, acting as captain of
the Wenatchee Fire FC, a professional
indoor arena team, and playing on the
Premier Development League team, the
Yakima Reds.
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sports
Wildcat
Athletics
(Left to right) Rep. Norm Johnson; Jack Bishop, CWU athletic director; Krissy Tandle; Rep.
Barbara Bailey; Johnny Spevak; Erin Norris; Tyler Fisher; Rep. Bill Hinkle; Lynde Clark; Adam
Bighill; Marcie Mullen; Mary Anderson, aide to Sen. Karen Fraser; Kurt Hammond, legislative
assistant to Rep. Cary Condotta; Rep. Brad Klippert. Johnson, Anderson, Hammond, Condotta,
and Klippert are all CWU alumni.
Top CWU ScholarAthletes Honored by
State Legislature
Based on their academic and athletic
excellence, seven CWU studentathletes were honored in Olympia
by the Washington State House
of Representatives on April 6, in
conjunction with the 12th annual
National STUDENT-Athlete Day.
Sponsored by the National Consortium
for Academics and Sports, National
STUDENT-Athlete Day is designed
to celebrate “the outstanding
achievements of high school and college
student-athletes who have excelled in
academics (3.0 grade point average or
above on a 4.0 scale) and athletics while
having made significant contributions
to their schools and communities.” The
honored Wildcats were:
Adam Bighill, football, 3.7 GPA
Lynde Clark, women’s soccer, 3.4 GPA
Tyler Fisher, track and field, 3.5 GPA
(Great Northwest Athletic Conference
shot put champion)
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cross-country four
times, and three
times for track. His
Wildcat track teams
also won two District
1 titles. Throughout
the course of his
career, Spike coached
Spike Arlt
twenty-two AllAmericans. A hurdler at Washington
State University, he was named the 1960
WSU Athlete of the Year and competed
in the US trials for the Rome Olympics.
Arlt was one of the first to develop,
and still actively works on, computer
software for use in coaching through
his company Arlt Technologies (www.
arlttechnologies.com).
At the twenty-sixth annual banquet
and induction ceremony on May 30,
seven new members were added to
the Central Athletics Hall of Fame:
Walter “Spike” Arlt, Richard “Dick”
Armstrong, Kristelle (Arthur)
Harrington, Robi Raab, Kenny Russaw,
Steve Slavens, and Eric Tollefson.
A multisport
standout, Harrington
helped lead the 198788 Wildcat women’s
basketball team to
the best season in
school history as
Central posted a
Kristelle Harrington
31-5 record and its
first—and only—appearance at the
National Association of Intercollegiate
Athletics (NAIA) national tournament.
A dominating rebounder, she still ranks
first in single season rebounds (284)
and fourth in career rebounds (568).
In addition, she is eleventh in career
points scored (781). In track and field,
with a time of 2:14.41 in the 800 meters
set twenty years ago, Harrington still
ranks second on the school record list.
Harrington was named the Wildcat
track most outstanding performer in
1989. She also helped lead two CWU
cross country teams to the NAIA
national meet, where the Wildcats
placed sixteenth in 1985 and in 1988.
During Arlt’s twenty-seven years on
the CWU coaching staff, nine Central
teams qualified for cross-country
nationals, with six of those squads
placing in the top ten. Arlt was named
the District 1 Coach of the Year in
Armstrong was a two-way starter for
the Wildcat football team, playing
offensive and defensive tackle in 1951
and 1952. He went on to coach high
school football, and spent thirty-two
years at Snohomish High School, where
Marcie Mullen, cross country and track,
3.95 GPA
Erin Norris, volleyball, 3.4 GPA
John Spevak, football and basketball,
3.7 GPA (All American in football)
Krissy Tandle, track and field,
3.0 GPA (2009 indoor shot put
National Champion)
CWU Inducts Seven
into Athletic Hall of
Fame for 2009
he won 243 games
and two state titles.
Armstrong also
coached Everett
High to a 17-1 record
over two seasons and
to a pair of number
one state rankings.
When he retired in Armstrong ca.1954
1994 his 272 career victories made him
the winningest coach in Washington
State high school football history. He
still ranks third on the all-time list.
His teams also won, or shared, sixteen
league titles, including thirteen in a
row between 1976 and 1988. The Everett
Herald named Armstrong its 1977 “Man
of the Year” in sports. In 1978, he was
named the Washington State Football
Coach of the Year by the National High
School Coaches Athletic Association.
Armstrong, who died in 1999, has also
been honored with a life-size bronze
statue at Veterans Memorial Stadium
in Everett.
As a high school
player, Raab
recorded the first
hole-in-one at the
state championship
in 1979 at the
Washington Junior
Golf Association
Robi Raab
tournament in
Spokane, acing the 191-yard, par-3 16th
hole. Raab went on to become CWU’s
first All-American golfer. He set season
and career scoring records in 1987. That
same year he placed fifteenth at the
NAIA national tournament, leading
Central to an eleventh place overall
finish, the best in school history, and he
recorded three of the five best singleseason stroke averages. Raab went on
to coach girls’ basketball at Zillah High
School between 1996 and 2004. His
Leopards placed fourth at state in 2000,
sixth in 2001, and eighth in 2004. Since
2005, he has coached the girls’ team
at East Valley High School in Yakima.
His Red Devils placed fifth at state in
2005, sixth in 2006, and third in 2007.
Overall, his teams have made eight trips
to state, placing in the top six five times.
Kenny Russaw is
still regarded as
one of the top wide
receivers in Pacific
Northwest smallcollege history.
He teamed with
quarterback Jon
Kenny Russaw
Kitna for what was
then the best pass/catch combination
in CWU history, helping lead the
Wildcats to the 1995 NAIA national
football championship. He still holds
Central’s school record for career
touchdown receptions (43) and
single season receptions (94). He also
shares the school record for singleseason touchdown receptions (20).
In addition, Russaw ranks second in
school history in scoring (264 points),
career touchdowns (43), single-season
receiving yardage (1,349), and single
season total touchdowns (20). He
also ranks third in Wildcat history in
career reception yardage (2,906), total
receptions (194), and single season
touchdown receptions (15).
Steve Slavens still
holds the Central
school record at 200
meters (21.0 in 1972).
As a Wildcat, he ran
on a foursome that
set the school record
in the 4x100 yard
Steve Slavens
relay in 1972 with
a time of 40.9. He also placed fifth at
the 1970 NAIA national meet in the
440 yard relay with a time of 41.2, and
fourth in the 4x100 yard relay in 1972
(41.1). He was the District 1 champion
at 100 yards in 1971 (9.8) and at 220
yards in 1972 (21.1). He also ran on two
district 440-yard-relay championship
teams (1971 and 1972). He recorded a
career best of 10.5 in 100 meters, which
still ranks ninth in school history. More
recently, he has had a highly successful
coaching career at Fife High School,
with his teams winning the state track
and field title in 1985 and finishing in
the top ten five times. His Trojan teams
have won multiple league and district
championships. Slavens also coached
Fife to three high school state powerlifting championships. A power-lifter
himself, he has won two national powerlifting titles.
Eric Tollefson was a
1994 NAIA AllAmerican in cross
country, with a ninth
place finish (the
highest ever by a
CWU athlete), and
he placed third at
5,000 meters at the Eric Tollefson
national meet to earn 1996 NAIA Track
and Field All-American honors. He
was a six-time NAIA national qualifier:
three each in cross country and track.
Tollefson still ranks third on the CWU
all-time list in the 10,000 meters
and steeplechase events and fifth at
5,000 meters. He won the district
10,000-meter title in both 1993 and
1995, and took the district 5,000-meter
and steeplechase crowns in 1996. He
later developed into one of the finer
long distance runners in the United
States. In the 2000 Olympic Trials, he
placed thirteenth in the 10,000 in a
time of 29:13.72 (his best at CWU was
30:04.69). He is also a past winner of
the prestigious Penn Relays 10K.
The Central Washington University
Athletic Hall of Fame was initiated in
1983 and charged with “recognizing
and honoring the accomplishments
and memory of exceptional CWU
athletes, teams, coaches, members of
the athletic staff, and others for their
distinctive achievements…” Visit www.
wildcatsports.com/halloffame.html
for a list of all members of the CWU
Athletics Hall of Fame.
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sports
Wildcat
Athletics
Bobbi, who passed away December 8,
2008, due to complications of
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also
known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
“What means so much to me is that
my wife is up there [on the scoreboard]
with me,” Frederick said. “It’s a huge
honor and I’m really humbled by it.”
Mike Reilly
Krissy Tandle
Reilly, Tandle Named
Student-Athletes of
the Year
member of the NCAA Division II
to win a national championship. She
claimed the women’s indoor shot put
title in March. An unprecedented
four-time GNAC champion in the
event, she entered this past winter’s
national championships as the top
seed and subsequently claimed the title
with a throw of 48 feet, 9½ inches.
She also qualified for the 2009 NCAA
Division II Outdoor Track and Field
Championships, where she placed
twelfth overall with a throw of 44 feet,
5½ inches.
At the Hall of Fame induction
ceremony, Mike Reilly and Krissy
Tandle were named CWU’s top
male and female athletes of the year,
respectively.
Mike Reilly was named the 2008
Great Northwest Athletic Conference
(GNAC) Offensive Player of the
Year in football. The record-setting
quarterback, who signed a free agent
contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers,
helped lead the Wildcat football team
to the National Collegiate Athletic
Association (NCAA) Division II
playoffs for the second straight year
with career-best passing numbers
of 3,706 yards and thirty-seven
touchdowns while completing
67 percent of his passes. He was also
the runner-up for the Harlon Hill
Trophy as the country’s top Division II
football player. Reilly was also voted
the 2008-09 GNAC Male Athlete of
the Year.
Krissy Tandle was the first studentathlete in Central’s eleven years as a
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CWU Softball Field
Renamed in Honor
of Gary and Bobbi
Frederick
Central’s softball field is now officially
the Gary and Bobbi Frederick Field. It
was rededicated before Central’s final
home softball doubleheader of the 2009
season, a ceremony at which a new sign,
spanning the width of the scoreboard
in left-center field to commemorate the
new name, was unveiled.
The field was renamed in honor of
Dr. Gary Frederick and his late wife
In addition to the field dedication,
Central players and fans donned yellow
t-shirts in remembrance of Bobbi,
whose favorite color was yellow. Team
members also wore yellow armbands
emblazoned with the initials “B.F.”
throughout the entire 2009 season to
honor her.
Frederick, who will return for his
sixteenth year as the Wildcats’ head
softball coach, just completed his fortyfifth year overall as a student-athlete,
coach, or athletic administrator at
Central. The field renaming efforts were
spearheaded by current members of the
CWU softball program and financially
supported by contributions from
several donors, including Frederick’s
five children.
Frederick, who turned 72 in July,
began as a football student-athlete
at Central Washington College of
Education in 1955. He played three
seasons of football and twice earned
all-Evergreen Conference honors.
A 1959 graduate of Central, Frederick
had an eight-year stint teaching and
coaching at three high schools in the
state of Washington before returning to
Ellensburg in 1967. He led the Wildcat
baseball program for eleven seasons
and its women’s basketball program for
eleven seasons. He also spent eighteen
years as the university’s director of
athletics, overseeing five of the school’s
seven all-time National Association
of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA)
national team championships. In all,
Frederick has been a coach and/or
athletic director at Central for all but
performance, athletic achievement, and
involvement in campus and community
activities, along with consideration of
his or her financial circumstances. The
awards are provided to student-athletes
who are receiving athletics financial
assistance, but have exhausted their
eligibility.
A four-year starter, Wallace finished
her career starting a school-record
182 games and is second on Central’s
one of the past forty-two years, and at
one point earlier this decade, was the
winningest coach in school history in all
three sports he coached.
Frederick is a member of the NAIA
Hall of Fame (1997 induction), and a
three-time inductee into the CWU
Athletics Hall of Fame. He was
inducted as an individual into the CWU
Hall of Fame in 1999 and has also been
inducted as the coach of two Wildcat
teams—the 1968 baseball team and the
1987-88 women’s basketball squad. Both
teams made their program’s first-ever
national tournament appearance under
Frederick’s guidance.
Central had its most successful softball
season in school history this spring,
which included twenty-nine conference
wins, a second-place finish in the Great
Northwest Athletic Conference, and a
school record thirty-three victories.
Students
Overwhelmingly
Pass Fee Initiative for
Wildcat Athletics
With an 84 percent yes vote, the
Central Washington University student
body resoundingly passed a fee increase
of seven dollars per quarter as part of
the Associated Students of CWU spring
student elections.
“It’s very gratifying to know that
our students have spoken in favor of
athletics in such an overwhelming
manner,” said CWU Director of
Athletics Jack Bishop. “We are all
challenged by current financial
difficulties, so we want them to know
how much we truly appreciate them for
their support.”
The approval means the quarterly
student athletics fee will increase
from $35 to $42. The $35 fee had been
in place since 1997, the year before
the Central Washington University
athletics department became a member
of the National Collegiate Athletic
Association (NCAA) Division II.
CWU Softball Player
First Wildcat to Receive
NCAA Division II Award
Central senior shortstop Liz Wallace
became the first Wildcat in the
school’s eleven years as a member
of the National Collegiate Athletic
Association (NCAA) to receive an
NCAA Division II Degree-Completion
Award. Wallace, a member of Central’s
prestigious William O. Douglas Honors
College, recorded a 3.93 grade point
average while pursuing her degree
in education. She is student-teaching
this fall.
The selection process is based on
the student-athlete’s academic
Liz Wallace
all-time hits list with 158. She
earned honorable mention all-Great
Northwest Athletic Conference honors
and was selected to the College Sports
Information Directors of America
(CoSIDA)/ESPN The Magazine
Academic All-District VIII College
Division Team as a senior.
Wallace also gained national acclaim
during the 2008 softball campaign
when she and teammate Mallory
Holtman carried Western Oregon
University’s Sara Tucholsky around the
bases after Tucholsky injured her knee
after hitting her first—and, as it turned
out, only—collegiate home run. The
act of sportsmanship earned Wallace
and Holtman an ESPN television
Excellence in Sports Performance
award for Best Sports Moment of
the year.
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THE BATTLE RAGES ON
!
,
2009 CWU Fall Home
There s no
stopping us.
Sports Schedules
DAY
DATE
FOOTBALL
Sat.
Sat.
Sat.
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Oct. 3
Oct. 24
VOLLEYBALL
Thurs.
Sat.
Thurs.
Sat.
Sat.
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Thurs.
Sat.
Central Washington University
vs. Western Oregon University
Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009
Qwest Field • Kickoff at 6 p.m.
Tickets: $15, $25, and $35
Thurs.
Thurs.
Sat.
Wed.
Sat.
Sat.
Or sign up for the special alumni package:
• Club level ticket • Game T-shirt •
SUMMER
2009
• Pre-function
at the Pyramid Alehouse •
$45 for Alumni Association members
$55 non-members
Register at 509-963-2762 or [email protected]
STAND
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AND DAWGS.
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SAINT MARTIN’S*
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SAINT MARTIN’S*
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11 a.m.
3 p.m.
11 a.m.
Noon
Home cross country is held at Apple Ridge Run in Yakima,
football at Tomlinson Stadium, volleyball in Nicholson Pavilion,
and women’s soccer at the CWU soccer field.
CWU is an EEO/AA/Title IX Institution. Persons with
disabilities may request reasonable accommodation
by calling the Center for Disability Services at
509-963-2171 or TDD 509-963-2143.
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The CWU license plate makes it clear that
you’re not one of those lesser species.
You’re a Wildcat. Best of all, over half of
each year’s renewal fee goes directly to
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CENTRAL
From the
Director’s Chair
The Battle
Lives On!
The Battle in Seattle, the
football clash between the
Wildcats and arch-foe Western
Vikings, seemed headed to
the morgue in January when
Bellingham administrators
Alumni Relations Director Jim Armstrong
pulled the plug on their school’s
century-old football program. The move was also a blow for Central fans
who relished the pro-stadium ambience of Qwest Field, the spirited pregame party (and—for some—the spirited halftime, and post-game parties),
and of course the boundless joy of whipping Western.
As it turns out, the Battle will still rage this October 17, only the foe will
be Western Oregon University and not Western Washington. For the most
part, fans seem agreeable to the switch. While nothing will ever replace the
sweetness of vanquishing the Vikings, Central’s alumni can still enjoy a big
city/big stadium game against an able opponent. And about that pre-game
party . . . to celebrate the start of a new tradition, the Alumni Association is
moving its gathering to the popular Pyramid Alehouse. It’s not too early to
practice chanting “Poooor Wolves.”
A year ago, the Alumni Association stepped
tentatively into the burgeoning world of
Washington wine with Wildcat Reserve, a
complex cabernet from Gamache Vintners. The
result was a sellout. This year we return with a
second collaboration with Gamache by offering
one of the country’s most exciting new regional
wines—Malbec. Once a fairly obscure grape,
Malbec has found the perfect soil and climate
in the Pacific Northwest, producing wines that
have critics reaching for superlatives. And Gamache’s Malbec, intense and
dark with a strong hint of blackberry, is one of the best. Like last year, the
2009 Wildcat Reserve will be available at three locations and also online.
Visit cwu.edu/alumni to check for availability.
Dark and intense with hints of blackberry, a splendid introduction to a grape that is changing the face of Pacific Northwest wine.
Alumni
Upcoming
Alumni Events
October 17: Battle in Seattle, Qwest Field,
Seattle, Alumni pre-game gathering, 3
to 5 p.m., Pyramid Alehouse, Brewery &
Restaurant, 1201 First Ave. S. (CWU football
vs. Western Oregon, 6 p.m. kickoff)
October 23: Homecoming Banquet, 6 p.m.,
Sue Lombard
October 24: Wildcat Alley, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.,
in front on Tomlinson Stadium
October 24: The Cat’s Den Hospitality Tent
(membership required), noon through “fifth
quarter,” Tomlinson Stadium (CWU football
vs. Humboldt State, 1 p.m. kickoff)
November 5 and 6
CWU PRESIDENTIAL
INAUGURATION EVENTS
Concert featuring Faculty and Students
of CWU Department of Music
Thursday, November 5, 7 p.m.
Music Building Concert Hall.
Symposium
The History of CWU and the Community
Friday, November 6, 9:15 a.m.
SURC 137 A & B
Inaugural Luncheon
Friday, November 6, Noon • SURC Ballroom
$10 per person, reservations required
Ceremonial Inauguration
Friday, November 6, 2 p.m.
McConnell Auditorium
Public Reception
Immediately following ceremony
Sue Lombard Dining Room
ALC. 13.8% by VOL.
C o l u m b i a V a l l e y
Once a Wildcat, always a Wildcat,
December 5: The Snowball Express, a train
excursion for alumni with kids or grandkids,
steams from Elbe to the flanks of Mt. Rainier
and back. Santa will meet the train.
Adults $15, kids $10. Register at 509-963-2762
or [email protected].
For more information about these
or other upcoming events e-mail
[email protected] or call 1-877-649-8707
Jim Armstrong
Director of Alumni Relations
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Alumni Profile
A Wine
Romance
F
rom grape to goblet, CWU
alumni are a big part of the Washington
wine industry.
Long before CWU’s prestigious World
Wine Program was launched, Central
alumni were becoming the premier cru
in the vineyard and beyond. Below
are stories of just three of the many
Wildcats who are contributing to the
production and enjoyment of the grape.
Wildcat Reserve and the
Gamache Brothers
The fourth generation of this
Washington farming family began its
venture into viticulture in the early
1980s. With their first vitis vinifera
planting in 1982, Bob and Roger
Gamache founded what would become
one of the elite vineyard sites in
Washington State. With an exceptional
combination of soil, climate, and vine,
the Gamache brothers at first grew
their premium grapes for a number of
wineries such as Chateau Ste Michelle.
Then, in 1995, they began to explore
producing wines themselves. In 2002,
they established their own label and
since their first bottling, the Gamache
Vintners have garnered awards and
accolades for their singular vintages.
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Last year, the brothers teamed up with
Amy Mumma, director of the World
Wine Program, to create a special
wine for Central’s Alumni Association.
The result, Wildcat Reserve, was a
resounding success. Wildcat Reserve
was made from 100 percent cabernet
sauvignon grapes, hand-selected and
harvested from the Gamache’s and
cousin Paul Champoux’s older vines,
in the heart of the Columbia Valley
American Viticultural Area (AVA) (see
sidebar). This special collaboration was
one of the few original wines offered by
an American university.
“We’re going to do it again this year,”
said Roger, who earned his bachelor’s
in CWU’s leisure services program in
1979. Several members of the Gamache
family have either graduated from or
attended CWU at one time or another.
Although he has been in the business
for decades, he still “feels like a little
kid,” excited by the constant in-thefield scholarship that winemaking
requires—“it’s been a great learning
curve.”
“It’s been a lot of work and a lot of
thought, and a constant evolution of
learning,” he continues. “Along with
other Washington vintners, we’re
competing with the best wines in the
world, and that’s huge. We just want to
keep making better and better wines.”
Essence of the Grape—
Winemaker Dave Forsyth
“When I first started, I didn’t know
a chardonnay from a cabernet,” said
David Forsyth, winemaker for Mercer
Estates Vineyard.
Forsyth, who graduated from Central
with double master’s in zoology and
psychology, originally planned to
continue his studies in physiology.
However, a short break from school
convinced him to ply the wine trade.
He earned a master’s degree in food
science and enology from the University
of California, Davis, while working at a
Napa vineyard.
After several years, he began looking
at the wine boom that was happening
in Washington. By chance, he heard
of an opening at Hogue Cellars, where
he rapidly rose to become the chief
winemaker. He spent twenty-three
years at Hogue, during which time he
helped build its reputation as a leader
in premium wines. But as the company
grew, he began to lose the immediate
influence on the various stages of wine
production. When the fledgling Mercer
Estates tapped him, he left a staff of
nearly forty people to become part
of a four-person team and returned
to an intimate, hands-on approach to
winemaking.
Bob and Roger Gamache
“We’re working on a smaller scale, and
I get to spend more time out in the
vineyards,” he said. “Winemaking is a
series of decisions, from what type and
where the grape is grown, to the type
of barrels, and things come up [such
as weather], where you have to change
course pretty quickly. At a smaller
winery you can make decisions quickly
in response to the wine.”
And when you consider that wine has so
many organic chemical compounds it is
believed to be more complex than blood
serum, winemaking becomes a juggling
act between taste and technology.
“It’s a mix between science and art
fundamentals,” Forsyth continues.
“There are the scientific principles of
microbiology, chemistry, and physics.
And then there’s the desire to shape the
wine to make an artistic statement.”
Traveling the Wine-Dark
Road:Wine Trails Author
Steve Roberts
“I didn’t get the wine bug until late
2005, but it bit me hard,” said Steve
Roberts, with a laugh. He was eager to
explore the wine country, but couldn’t
find any guidebooks to the vineyards
and tasting rooms of Washington’s wine
David Forsyth
country. “So I decided that what the
world needed was a good wine-touring
book.”
Roberts, who graduated from CWU
in 1974 with a degree in environmental
science, approached the undertaking
being “incredibly naïve.” He had no
idea the project would be so huge. As
writer, photographer, and publisher,
Roberts eventually visited more than
200 wineries, at times traveling to six or
more per day. “I quickly learned to spit
[in the tasting rooms]—I had to keep
my wits about me!”
Some 30,000 miles later, WineTrails
of Washington hit the shelves last year
and so far has sold more than 15,000
copies. But that doesn’t mean Roberts
is putting the brakes on anytime soon.
WineTrails of Oregon was just published,
and he is working on a guidebook for
Idaho, as well as taking winemaking
classes—“Every ounce of free time is
taken,” he said.
In addition to being owner/manager
of Orca Bay Benefits, a Mercer Island
insurance company, Roberts has
expanded his entrepreneurship to his
new company, South Slope Productions
(since most vineyards are planted facing
south) doing business as WineTrails
Northwest (http://www.winetrailsnw.
com).
Steve Roberts
“I’m not quitting my day job,” he
chuckles. “I intend to update
[WineTrails] every few years and I’ll
see where it takes me.”
In the past three decades, the state’s
wine industry has been steadily
booming. Just this February, the
state licensed its 602nd winery,
marking a nearly 300 percent
increase in the number of wineries
in just the last ten years. Valued
at about $3 billion annually,
Washington’s wine industry ranks
second behind California in the
production of wine. The number of
wine grape plantings increased from
24,000 acres in 1999 to an estimated
33,000 this year.
In addition, Washington now has
eleven federally defined American
Viticultural Areas (AVAs) mostly
located in eastern Washington. An
AVA is a designated wine grape
growing region that is distinguished
by geographic features, much like
the French Appellation d’origine
contrôlée, a geographical indication
used to identify where the grapes
for a wine were grown, e.g.,
Champagne or Burgundy.
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class
Class
NOTES
‘67
Earl HILL teaches special education at
the Creston School District. Hill taught
special education in Wenatchee
before joining Creston last year. He
and his wife, Ann, have two grown
children.
‘70
Cris HARMIA is in his first year as the
dean of students at the White Pass
School District. His career includes
thirty-nine years of teaching both
high school and junior high.
‘71
Barry HOGREFE, MA ’76, is a staff
engineer for Panasonic Avionics
Corporation. He has been with the
company since 1995. He and his wife
Kathleen have two grown children.
In June 2008, Jim SCHOELKOPF, MEd
’75, retired after thirty-two years in
public education. Schoelfkopf moved
from Salem to Portland, Oregon,
where he is employed as a senior
research associate for MPR Associates,
Inc.
‘73
Jesse FARIAS is mayor of Wapato.
Farias retired from state government
in 1999 with more than twenty-five
years in the Employment Security
Department including serving
as a regional director in eastern
Washington.
‘74
Okanogan High School’s athletic
director, Steve CHAMBERLIN, was
named Athletic Director of the 200809 Year for District 6. Chamberlin
began his career with Okanogan in
1977, and was head boys’ basketball
coach for seven years and basketball
coach for twenty-four years.
Jane (HERNESS) PARNELL is the
superintendent for Ahtanum View
Corrections Center. Prior to her
current position, Parnell was an
associate superintendent at the
Washington Corrections Center in Gig
Harbor. She has been employed with
the Department of Corrections for
twenty-one years.
Jill (CURFMAN) WAKEFIELD is
chancellor of Seattle Community
Colleges. She is the first woman to
lead the district of three campuses
(North Seattle, Seattle Central, and
South Seattle). Wakefield holds a
doctorate in educational leadership
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from Seattle University and a master’s
degree in public administration from
the University of Washington.
‘75
In September 2008, Jim GILLIE served
as the grand marshal of the Naches
Valley Sportman’s Day Parade. Gillie
is in his thirty-fourth year of teaching
special education in the Naches Valley
School District. In the Boy Scouts, he
has worked as assistant scoutmaster,
cubmaster, and committee chairman
of Naches Pack and Troop. He has also
worked twenty-five years on staff at
Camp Thunderbird.
‘76
The National Wrestling Hall of
Fame and Museum will honor Larry
GIBSON with the 2009 Medal of
Courage during Honors Weekend in
Stillwater, Oklahoma. The award is
presented annually to a wrestler or
former wrestler who has overcome
what appear to be insurmountable
challenges, which may be physical,
mental, or other handicaps that make
his or her achievements all the more
uplifting. Gibson was eleven when
a drunk driver struck him. The next
three years were largely spent in a
hospital, where he survived thirteen
operations trying to save his leg,
and two amputations that left him
without his left leg below the knee.
Gibson started a wrestling program in
Omak, where he coached the sport for
sixteen seasons.
Robert “Bob” ADAMSON was
one of eight individuals to receive
the 2008 Golden Apple Award.
Adamson is the principal of Terrace
Heights Elementary in Yakima. Since
restructuring the reading program
and instituting the “Book-It”
program, there has been a significant
increase in the number of students
reading at or above grade level.
‘77
Scott ANDERSON teaches fifth
grade at Lincoln Elementary School
in Vancouver. He is in his twentyfifth year at Lincoln and has been
teaching for thirty-two years. His wife
Marianne (BRUKETTA, ’75) is also a
teacher.
Norm REID and his wife, Laurie,
are the owners of Gymnastics Plus in
Yakima. Reid opened the business in
1978. He and Laurie were married in
1981. The club has helped numerous
gymnasts go on to compete in college,
and has inspired some to open their
own clubs.
‘79
Keith PHILLIPS has made a career
of the ancient craft of stonecutting.
Some of his works include a
monument in front of the Tumwater
City Hall, sandstone sculptures along
Tenino’s business district, and Oregon
Trail markers in Chehalis and Puyallup.
Phillips received training and an
apprenticeship during the mid-1980s
from master stonecutter Lorenz
“Larry” Scheel of Olympia.
Cathi PARENT WRIGHT’s Ridgefieldbased firm, Wild on Wildlife,
disseminates information about
natural history, conservation, and
wildlife. In addition to overseeing
Wild on Wildlife, Wright leads
education programs and nature walks
for the Ridgefield National Wildlife
Refuge.
‘80
Openwave Systems Inc. has appointed
Ken DENMAN as chief executive
officer. Denman’s career spans more
than twenty years in the global
telecommunications and information
technology industries. He recently
served as chief executive officer of
iPass, Inc.
Janet (WEEKS) HETHORN is
chairperson of the University of
Delaware’s Department of Art.
Hethorn is author of Sustainable
Fashion: Why Now and won the Best
Sustainable Design award from the
Educators for Socially Responsible
Apparel Business at the International
Textiles and Apparel Association
Design Exhibition in November 2008.
Omar RODRIGUEZ has recently
been named director and executive
vice president of Advanced Plan
for Health, a company that helps
hospitals, corporations, and other
organizations manage the health of
more than 270,000 employees and
dependants.
‘81
Coleen (BITTINGER) RENEE is an
ordained minister, licensed massage
practitioner, earth steward, and
certified spiritual healer. Renee owns
the Skystone Clinic of Massage and
Bodywork in Ellensburg.
membership director for the American
Federation of Television and Radio
Artists in Seattle.
Robert “Bob” DOWLING is director
of government sales for VANTOS. His
experience includes seventeen years
as a special agent with four federal
government agencies, including
two years assigned to the Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency.
Dowling received a master’s degree
in criminal justice from Washington
State University.
Evelyn MENDOZA is the new
director of human resources for
Uwajimaya. Mendoza has more
than twenty years of experience
in human resources. She has held
resource management positions in
telecommunications, hospitality, and
employment industries.
‘83
Jack BALLARD is an associate
professor of music for Malone
University in Canton, Ohio. Ballard
received his PhD in music theory
and composition from Kent State
University.
In November 2008, Jim COLLYER was
named chief of police for the city of
Puyallup. Collyer started as a patrol
officer in 1983 and became deputy
chief in 2003. He is credited with
reducing thefts and drug production
in Pierce County’s third-largest city. He
also launched the Problem Oriented
Policing program.
Prosser Public Hospital District recently
named Julie (SMITH) PETERSEN
as chief executive officer. Petersen
began working at the hospital as
chief financial officer in 2001. In 2008,
she was honored with the Prosser
Community Distinguished Service
Award.
Bradley POWELL is chief financial
officer for Expeditors International
of Washington, Inc. Powell most
recently served as president, chief
financial officer, and secretary of Eden
BioScience Corporation.
Chistine “Chrissy” (CHINN)
YAMADA is the chief financial officer
for Evergreen Healthcare. Yamada
joined Evergreen as a controller after
fifteen years at Northwest Hospital.
‘82
‘85
The Actors’ Equity Association has
named Christopher COMTE the
recipient of the 2008 Lucy Jordan
Humanitarian Award. Comte is a
Lory (KNAPP) HUNTER and her
husband opened the Old Hawaiian
Bed and Breakfast in Hilo in 2001.
Hunter is an assistant coach at Hilo
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High School, where both of her
children participate in cross country.
‘86
At the age of 87, Virginia (MARTIN)
BEAVERT teaches Yakama Sahaptin,
one of a family of American Indian
languages spoken along the Columbia
River, at the University of Oregon.
Beavert is one of only 200 people
who can converse in the language. In
1997, she earned a master’s degree
in bilingual and bicultural education
from the University of Arizona. She
was named a CWU Distinguished
Alumna in 2007.
Craig IMA recently joined Windes &
McClaughry Accountancy Corporation
as director of marketing. Ima
brings more than twenty-two years
of experience holding executive
positions in marketing, sales, business
operations, product development/
management, strategy, and database
marketing to the company.
‘87
Jim SCHLENKER is chief financial
officer for St. Anthony Hospital in
Pendleton, Oregon. Schlenker joined
St. Anthony after eight years as
chief financial officer at Sunnyside
Community Hospital.
Vaughnetta (JENKINS) BARTON
has been selected as the executive
director for the Foundation for Early
Learning. Barton earned her Master
of Social Work from the University of
Washington.
‘89
Doug BURGE is principal of Hilton
Elementary School in Zillah. He is also
head basketball coach for Zillah High
School.
Jeff HARMON and his wife, Jill,
recently moved back to Ellensburg
where Harmon is a pastor for the
River Church of the Nazarene, also
known as the River, which was
founded in 2007. Jill is an interior
designer for Shaw’s Furniture and
Appliance.
Patricia LOERA is senior program
officer of the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation. Loera manages the
foundation’s investments to ensure
that students graduate “collegeready,” focusing especially on the
achievement of Black and Hispanic
students. Loera received the CWU
Special Achievement Award in 2007.
‘90
Dawn (McLEAN) WEDDLE is
enjoying her first year as principal for
Toppenish Middle School. She came
from Mabton Artz Fox Elementary
where she served as principal for
three years. Weddle earned her
master’s degree from Eastern
Washington University.
‘92
Joseph KENNEDY is the head of
school for West Sound Academy in
Poulsbo. Previously, Kennedy headed
Riverstone International School in
Boise for six years. He has also served
as the head of an independent school
in the West Indies.
Heather MADDY is assistant to
the vice president of administrative
services at Wenatchee Valley College.
She served as a fiscal technician
supervisor at the college for the past
eight years.
‘94
John BRANGWIN has joined
1800DUILaws.com as a DUI lawyer.
Brangwin is also a graduate of the
National College for DUI Defense at
Harvard University.
The Safeco Insurance Foundation has
promoted Mark DEDERER to director.
Prior to joining Safeco Insurance in
April 2007, he spent nearly eight years
as vice president and manager of
Washington community relations at
Wells Fargo.
After graduating from CWU, Victor
VELAZQUEZ moved to New York to
manage a theater. He recently moved
from New York to his hometown of
Forks. Velazquez teaches vocational
courses at the Quileute Tribal School
in LaPush.
In October 2008, Bret RUTTER was
admitted into the partnership at Moss
Adams LLP. Moss Adams has twenty
locations in Washington, Oregon,
California, Arizona, and New Mexico.
‘03
‘96
Elizabeth (GLASER) CHURCH is a
third-grade teacher at the Dandan
Elementary School in Saipan, MP. She
was the school’s Teacher of the Year
nominee for this year. Church began
teaching at Dandan in 2000.
Linnea (MITCHELL) NICOULIN
graduated from Bellevue Community
College Nursing School. She is
employed with the Evergreen Hospital
Family Maternity Center.
Kelley SCHOEN teaches fifth grade
at Bridgeport Elementary. Schoen
taught in California for ten years prior
to moving back to Washington last
year.
Margaret LOWELL RICE is pursuing a
doctoral degree at Heritage University
in Toppenish. She is in her first year as
dean of students at the Clark County
Skills Center in the Evergreen School
District in Vancouver. Lowell Rice
received a master’s in education at
Heritage University.
‘98
Sean O’DAY has been appointed
deputy city manager for Salem,
Oregon. O’Day earned his law degree
from the Northwestern School of Law
at Lewis and Clark College in May
2000. He also serves as judge advocate
for the Oregon National Guard. O’Day
and his wife, Christine, live in Salem
with their two children, Kennedy and
Colin.
‘99
‘95
Ted MACK was one of nine
contenders for the 2007-08
Washington State Teacher of the
Year award. Mack is a self-contained
special education teacher at Discover
Elementary in Moses Lake.
In 2008, the Washington Art
Educators named Michael McCLUN
the Secondary Art Teacher of the Year.
McClun teaches high school art at
Wenatchee High School.
Joanne RENAUD earned a degree
in illustration from Art Center
College of Design in Pasadena,
California. Renaud is also a graduate
of the University of Ulster in Belfast,
Northern Ireland.
Sunnyside Community Hospital has
promoted Martha (HERRERA)
RODRIGUEZ to chief financial officer.
She has been the comptroller at the
hospital since April 2007.
‘01
Sara (KASER) HUME teaches math
at Ridgeline Middle School in Yelm.
Before Ridgeline, she taught algebra
and geometry at Puyallup High
School. Hume earned her master’s
degree in teaching from Grand
Canyon University in 2006.
‘02
Registered dietitian Cynthia
(DAVIDSON) ROSENOW is the staff
nutritionist at Columbia Basin Health
Association in Othello. She and her
husband Ron live in Moses Lake.
Adrian DIAZ was awarded the 2008
Latino Heritage Award by Latino City
Employees, a voluntary organization
of city of Seattle employees. Diaz
has been a Seattle police officer for
eleven years. He earned a master’s
degree in public administration from
the University of Washington Evans
School of Public Affairs. Diaz is also
an assistant wrestling coach at Chief
Sealth High School and the education
chair for the King County Hispanic
Chamber of Commerce.
Rice Insurance, LLC announced the
addition of Troy HASKELL to the
ownership of the company. Haskell
began working at Rice in 2003.
Autumn WEIS is the director of
public information for Big Bend
Community College. She was
executive administrative assistant
with the Washington State Potato
Commission for five years prior to
joining Big Bend.
‘04
The Washington Science Teacher’s
Association named Amber
(FARTHING) HIGGINS the 2008
Elementary School Science Teacher
of the Year. She teaches fourth grade
at Lincoln Elementary School in
Ellensburg. Her husband, James, ’94,
is a teacher at Kittitas High School.
They have two children: Aaron, 5 and
Bailey, 1.
Zak HILL recently accepted a coaching
position with Eastern Washington
University, where he will serve as
the quarterback’s coach. Hill was the
varsity football coach for Hillsboro
High School in Oregon.
‘05
Brendan HALEY is a language arts/
social studies teacher for Tolt Middle
School where he also oversees the
Title 1 reading program. He has been
with the school for two years.
Matt PETERSON is employed as a
senior accountant for Larson Gross in
Bellingham. Prior to his employment
with Larson Gross, Peterson worked as
a senior associate for a Seattle public
accounting firm.
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Evan PICTON is a research analyst at
Wenatchee Valley College. He earned
his master’s degree in industrial/
organizational psychology from the
University of North Carolina.
‘06
Elehna (MULLIN) SHORES is an
information services librarian for
Northampton Community College
in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Shores
earned a bachelor’s degree in German
and international studies from
Millersville University before earning
her master’s degree from CWU.
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After working for the Miller Brewing
Company in Alaska, Joseph “Joey”
BEVEGNI has returned to Washington
and is working for Marine View
Beverage in Sumner.
After finishing his state police
academy training in Spokane, Chris
BUSCHING joined the city of Omak
as a police officer. Busching moved to
Okanogan County nine years ago.
In 2008, Leland HOLEMAN purchased
the online division of a kite store
located in Seattle and moved it to a
warehouse unit in Mount Vernon. He
revamped the Web site and reopened
it as Goodwinds LLC.
Friend “Juliete” PALENSHUS is
a tutor for the Latino Education
Assistance Development program with
Centro Latino.
Carly SHATTUCK is studying
forensic anthropology at Texas State
University. She graduated in the
spring of 2009.
‘08
Marqise ALLEN is a reporter for
The Chronicle in Centralia, where
he covers business, education, and
religious issues. Allen interned at
the Ellensburg Daily Record and the
Yakima Herald Republic.
In January, James “Jay” HOLLICK’s
artwork was on exhibit at WSU TriCities. The exhibit, titled “Pecking
Order Established,” was sponsored
by the Digital Technology, Arts, and
Culture Club.
The Port Townsend-Jefferson County
Leader has hired Melanie LOCKHART
as a reporter-photographer. Lockhart
interned at the Leader during the
summer of 2008.
Ian McDONALD is a project engineer
for Ferguson Construction in Seattle.
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David “Dick” ALBERTSON died
September 23, 2008. Albertson and
his wife, Donna, were married for
fifty-four years. He began his career
in Renton as a teacher, then became a
principal, and ultimately transitioned
into organization development, which
occupied nearly thirty years of his life.
He taught at CWU before becoming
an independent consultant in 1980.
Johnnie (Beale) BERRING (’73)
died February 12. Berring moved to
Washington in 1964 with her husband
and six children. She taught second
and third grade for thirty years before
retiring in 1995.
Jerry BERSCHAUER (’60) passed
away February 2. Berschauer briefly
worked for Grant County PUD on
the Wanapum Dam project. In 1963,
he opened Jerry’s Auto Supply in
Wenatchee. He moved to Renton in
1982, where he opened the Fairwood
and 4 Corners auto supply stores.
After retiring he moved back to the
Wenatchee Valley.
Zena (DICKINSON) BROUGHTON
(’73) passed away November 24,
2008. In 1973, Broughton and her
husband William “Bill” were married.
The couple raised three children. She
worked as a substitute teacher, branch
manager for Whitman County Library,
and as a librarian for Blue Ridge
Elementary and the Moscow School
District.
John BUTKOVICH (’61) died March 16.
Butkovich was drafted into the US
Army and served in Central Europe
and the Rhineland during WWII. He
earned a degree from Oregon State
University before attending CWU.
Butkovich is survived by his wife, Jean,
and their three children.
Donald CLEMAN (’58) passed away
November 6, 2008. Cleman served
in the Korean War as a medical
corpsman. He and wife, Neva Jean,
were married in 1955 and later had
two sons. Cleman taught school and
coached swimming in Yakima before
taking a coaching position at New
Mexico Military Institute. The family
later moved back to Yakima, where
he sold life insurance for twenty years.
Gary COUCH (’71) passed away
January 16. Couch served in the army’s
3rd Squadron, 7th US Calvary Garry
Owen Border Patrol, Germany in 1967.
He retired from Boeing in 2004 after
thirty-two years with the company.
Heather DeHART (’95, MM ’03) died
September 27, 2008. DeHart taught in
the Puyallup School District, Federal
Way School District, and finally, the
Bellevue School District where she was
the orchestra instructor for the past
five years. She spearheaded music
festivals, talent shows, and special
performances.
David DOHERTY (’76) died
October 18, 2008. Doherty served
three years in the US Army during
Vietnam. He retired from Proctor and
Gamble. Doherty is survived by his
daughter, Anna.
Kevin DOLAN (’87) passed away
November 22, 2008. After graduating
from CWU, Dolan opened an Allstate
agency in West Seattle. He leaves his
daughter Shealyn.
Mark DONNELLY (’96) died January 3.
For the past ten years, Mark was
a head coach in the Ballard Junior
Football program. During that time
his team made it to the playoffs
annually and held five championships.
Pedro CAVAZOS, Jr. (’75) died
January 24. Cavazos served in Vietnam
from 1965 to 1967. He worked for
many years in the field of social and
community work. He was also the
owner/publisher of the Hispanic News.
Vera (JACOBSON) DUDLEY (’65)
died November 24, 2008. Dudley and
her husband Stanley were married
for sixty-three years. She taught
business education at Ellensburg High
School. She also taught part-time in
the business education department
at CWU.
Bill CHILDERS (’62) died December 2,
2008. Childers was an art teacher
at Bethel Junior High and Bethel
High School for several years. He
also taught evening classes at Pierce
College. Childers and his wife, JoAn
“Jo,” were married for fifty years.
Robert ELLIS (’61) passed away
December 22, 2008. Ellis served in
the US Navy during WWII. He and his
wife, Mary, were married in 1945 and
they raised three children. Ellis taught
in elementary and secondary schools
before going into administration.
Maurice FARR (’04) died April 17.
Farr served in the US Army from
1975 to 1978, with an additional
three years in the reserves. He was
employed with the state Department
of Social and Health Services for
twenty years. Farr and his wife, Cleo,
were married for thirty-three years
and they raised two daughters.
Casey FEROGLIA (’76) died March 28.
Feroglia was head baseball coach and
teacher for the Toutle School District,
where he was employed for thirty-one
years. He enjoyed sports and spending
time with his two daughters.
Catherine (FISHER) FLAGG (’50)
passed away March 1. Flagg also
earned a degree at the University of
Washington. She settled in Issaquah,
where she taught elementary school
until her retirement. She enjoyed
traveling and saw the world.
Jerry GARRISON (’56) died
December 12, 2008. Jerry and his
wife, Jean, were married in 1954 and
raised four boys. Garrison’s teaching
career began in Moxee and he later
taught at East Valley High School. He
also coached golf, track and field, and
football.
John GARRISON (’79) passed away
September 20, 2008. Garrison was a
Vietnam-era veteran, enlisting in the
US Army in 1968. He was honorably
discharged in 1971. After graduating
from the Washington State Law
Enforcement Academy, Garrison
worked as a deputy sheriff in Klickitat
County and later as a residential
counselor for Central Washington
Comprehensive Mental Health.
Recent years were spent managing
his parent’s orchard.
Miles GOODWIN (’51, MEd ’72) died
January 23. Goodwin served in the
US Navy in 1945 and 1946 as a medical
corpsman. In 1954, he and his wife,
Alice, were married and they raised
three sons. Goodwin retired in 1982 as
a teacher, principal, and administrator
for the Renton School District.
Beverly (HANSEN) HANNA (’75)
died November 14, 2008. In 1957,
Hanna and her husband, James, were
married and the couple raised four
children. Hanna worked for King
County Library, Contra Costa County
Library, and Selah Public Library.
She also worked in the hotel and
hospitality industry before retiring
in 1997.
Mary (PROFITT) HANSENJOHNSTON (’47) died January 2.
Hansen-Johnston worked as a teacher
for twenty-five years. She then
obtained her licensed practical nurse
certificate and went to work for Fir
Lane Health and Rehabilitation of
Shelton for twenty years.
Myrtle HAUGEN (’48, MEd ’58) died
November 8, 2008. Haugen attended
Minot State Teachers College for two
years before obtaining her bachelor’s
and master’s degrees from CWU. In
Wapato, she taught first grade, was a
primary supervisor and librarian, and
principal of Primary School from 1950
to 1975.
Dennis KEY (’84) died December 5,
2008. Key earned a bachelor’s degree
in business administration from the
University of Washington prior to
obtaining his master’s at CWU. Key
married his wife, Patricia, in 1960 and
they raised three children. Key ran his
orchard and worked for Deaconess,
then Central Washington Hospital,
before retiring in 2003.
Donna (ALEXANDER) LAKEY (’54)
passed away September 9, 2008,
shortly after the death of her
husband. She earned a master’s
degree from the University of
Washington in 1971. Lakey taught
in the Edmonds School District for
twenty-six years, retiring in 1987.
Donald LARSEN (’66) died April 4.
Larsen served in the Washington Army
National Guard from 1959 to 1962.
He worked as a caseworker in what
was then the Public Assistance Office
and then as a vocational counselor
with the Department of Labor and
Industries. Larsen and his wife, Janice,
were married in 1972 and raised two
children.
Karen LENCER (’08) passed away
September 22, 2008. She devoted
her life to her husband, children, and
grandchildren.
Robert LODGE (’65, MEd ’71) died
December 21, 2008. Lodge taught
middle and high school mathematics
in Tacoma, Seattle, and in Browning,
Montana. He returned to Wenatchee
in 1990 and served as bookkeeper for
Wenatchee Cycle and Fitness until his
retirement in 2000.
Marnie (McLARRY) LOUGHEED (’85)
died November 17, 2008. Lougheed
and her husband, Mike, were married
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in 1960. She earned a master’s degree
in 1989 from Seattle Pacific University.
Her career included fifteen years as a
teacher, twenty years with JCPenney,
and eight years at the Central Kitsap
Junior High library.
Stan McLANE (’51) died September 6,
2008. McLane was a decorated marine
in the Pacific Theater during WWII.
He met his wife, Daphne, while
attending CWU. He and his family
homesteaded in Ridgeway, Alaska
where he started a surveying business
in 1959 and retired when he was 80.
Colin McLAURIN (’02) died
January 4. From 2002 to 2008,
McLaurin worked as a staff assistant
in the office of Congressman Norm
Dicks, as a legislative policy analyst
with the National Association of
Realtors, and, finally, as the director
of governmental affairs at the
Manufactured Housing Institute.
Charles McNURLIN (’71) passed
away October 12, 2008. McNurlin
and his wife were married for sixtyfour years. He was superintendent
of schools in eastern Washington
from 1951 to 1977. He also taught
at CWU and then served as assistant
state superintendent of school
administrators.
George MORRIS, Jr. (’42) passed
away January 15. Morris and his wife,
Mary, were married in 1942. During
WWII, Morris was stationed on
Guam in the South Pacific. After
the war, he began his teaching and
coaching career. In 1977, Morris
retired but continued to substitute
teach until 2004.
Robert MYERS (’67) passed away
October 21, 2008. Myers joined the
US Coast Guard in 1950. He attended
Olympic College and Western
Washington University, earning his
bachelor’s degree before obtaining
his master’s from CWU. He earned
his doctorate in education from the
University of Oregon. He was the
director of special education in the
White River School District and later
was an associate professor for Eastern
Washington University and CWU for
almost thirty years, retiring in 1991.
He is survived by his wife, Mona, and
their four children.
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Carolyn NAKATA (’83) passed away
on September 18, 2008. Nakata
taught for many years at the Holly
Ridge Center in Bremerton. She
developed an expertise in teaching
very young children with severe
physical and mental disabilities. She
was recognized as Teacher of the Year
in 1988 by her peers.
Marion (NIMS) NICHOLAS (’42) died
November 1, 2008. Nicholas taught
music in Battle Ground until she
married her husband, Robert, in 1944.
The couple was married for almost
fifty years when he passed away. She
worked with her husband in their
family businesses, Hollywood Farms
and then Stanwood Hardware.
David NINNEMANN (’81) passed
away October 27, 2008. Ninnemann
served in the US Navy from 1963 to
1971, and was stationed in Vietnam
and Yokosuka on the Tutuila ARG4 as
a radio operator. He was employed
for the past twenty-one years at IAC/
Muth Woodstock.
Dorothy NOURSE passed away
January 28. Nourse worked for many
years at CWU in the Dean of Men’s
office and Veterans Affairs. She
assisted many veterans returning to
CWU from Vietnam.
Dr. James NYLANDER passed away
May 13. Nylander, emeritus professor
of health, taught at CWU from 1957
to 1994. In addition to coaching
baseball and teaching physical
education, he taught history in the
Douglas Honors College. Nylander
is noted for teaching progressive
courses such as Racism in Sports and
Ethics in Sports. He is survived by
Donna, his wife of fifty-seven years;
his two children, Naomi and Jim; and
grandchildren.
Victoria “Vicky” PARYPA (’65) died
October 1, 2008. Parypa was a teacher
for the Centralia School District for
thirty-two years. She also taught
children how to sew and quilt.
Tom “Joe” PEARSON (’94) passed
away September 21, 2008. Pearson
loved the outdoors and played
sports with a passion. He became
an avid body builder the last few
years. In July 2008 he took first
place at the National Physique
Committee National Body Building
Championships in Las Vegas.
Miriam “Eloise” (HENDERSON)
PEPPER (’57) died March 25. Pepper
taught school for thirty-nine years.
After retiring, she enjoyed working
with elementary students one-on-one
tutoring in reading.
Beverly (PHELAN) RICHARDS (’62)
passed away March 22. Richards and
her husband, Carroll, were married
in 1951. She taught first and second
grades at Washington Elementary
and Hebeler Elementary. She also was
a substitute teacher for Ellensburg
Public Schools. She later taught
preschool. Richards was known by
many as “Gramma Bev.”
Elvie ROMINE (’72) died February 27.
Romine began his Air Force career in
1948 and retired in 1969 as Master
Sergeant, and served with distinction.
While on tour in Japan he met his
future wife, Setsu. They were married
for fifty-five years. After graduating
from CWU, he taught special
education for the Wenatchee School
District for thirteen years.
Alan “Al” ROSS (’72) died
October 24, 2008. Ross taught and
coached at Gault Junior High for four
years before joining his father in the
real estate business in 1976. Ross and
his wife, Debra, were married in 1979
and they raised two children. Through
the years Ross coached football,
basketball, soccer, and baseball.
Steve SAARI (’82) died September 24,
2008. Saari served as vice president
and controller for Venture Bank. He
and his wife, Janice, were married in
1987.
Dan SCHWISOW (’60) passed away
March 30. Schwisow and his wife,
Anne, were married for forty years
before her death in 2000. Schwisow
was an educator and coach for more
than thirty years, teaching for the
Richland School District from 19701997. He served in the Coast Guard
Auxiliary, recently retiring after
twenty-three years of service.
Thora (PEDERSON) SCHUCHMAN
(’40) passed away January 2.
Schuchman and her husband,
Leonard, wed in 1942 and they were
married for sixty-three years before
his death. Most of her teaching career
was spent at Stanley Elementary
School in Tacoma.
Rebecca (MORRIS) SHAW (’07), died
February 12 when Continental flight
3407 crashed near Buffalo. She was
the flight’s first officer. Shaw joined
the commuter airline in January 2008
and had flown 2,244 hours with the
carrier. The CWU Alumni Association
held a memorial for Shaw at the
Northwest Aviation Conference and
Trade show in Puyallup on February 21,
and friends have created a Facebook
memorial.
William STEFON (’51, MEd ’57)
passed away October 10, 2008. Stefon
served in the US Coast Guard from
1951 to 1954. He taught school in
Chehalis; Regensburg, Germany;
Barstow, California; and Ketchikan,
Alaska. He started the wrestling
program in Chehalis in 1958. Stefon is
survived by his wife, Clarice, and their
son, Will.
Ethel TELBAN (’35) passed away
November 19, 2008. Telban taught
for one year in Thorp, then continued
her teaching career in Renton. She
later earned a master’s degree in
librarianship, and for twenty-five
years was the school library supervisor
for the Renton School District.
Telban lived Renton’s history and for
many years, as a founder of Renton
Historical Society, made sure that
history wasn’t lost. She was president
of the society from 1966 to 1996.
Ronna (SWEAT) THOMAS (’93)
passed away March 12. Thomas
earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal
justice from Washington State
University prior to attending CWU.
Her teaching career was spent with
the Lake Washington School District.
She is survived by her husband, Garth,
and son, Cole.
Marjorie (CHAUDOIN) TJOSSEM
(’33) died October 11, 2008. Tjossem
and her husband, R. Paul, had been
married for sixty years at the time of
his death in 1997. She was a teacher
in Union Gap, Centralia, and Mercer
Island.
Louise (LARSON) TOBIN passed
away March 9. Tobin graduated from
the University of Washington in 1956.
She earned her master’s degree from
Oregon State University. She taught at
CWU for twenty-five years; during this
time, she served as chair of the home
economics department for several
years.
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Charles “Chuck” TRIMM (’53)
passed away October 21, 2008. Trimm
met his wife, Marilyn, while attending
CWU. The couple was married in
1953 and raised three children. Trimm
began his teaching career in the
Seattle School District in 1954 and
retired in 1986.
Thea (SHEARER) VANDERPOOL (’42)
died February 11. Vanderpool’s first
teaching experience was in Zillah.
In 1948, she and her husband, Doug,
moved to Wenatchee, where she
taught sixth grade for thirty-four
years.
David WATSON (’79) died
October 14, 2008. Watson served in
the US Air Force. Watson was an artist
in wood and used his skills measuring
kitchens for Sears, and making
furniture and gifts for his family.
William WATSON (’62, MEd ’68) died
November 30, 2008. Watson served
in the US Army during WWII before
beginning a teaching career in the
Everett School District. He retired in
1989. Watson and his wife, Ruth, were
married for sixty-three years.
Mitchell “Mitch” WEARY (’85)
died March 8. Weary was an assistant
pastor of Greater Faith Baptist Church.
He worked at O.I.C., Mills Music, and
Epic. Weary also played the piano and
sang, performing during church and
community celebrations.
Jean (BERGAMINI) WESTLING (’27)
died October 24, 2008; she was 101.
Westling and her husband, Norman,
were married in 1938 and had one
son. Westling worked as a substitute
teacher on several occasions when
there were shortages of qualified
teachers. Norman passed away in
2005.
John WILSEY (’86) passed away
December 3, 2008. He is survived by
his wife, Tamela, and two sons, Kenny,
8 and Nicky, 3. He was employed by
Boeing for twenty-two years.
Mary WILSON (’67) passed away
March 15. Wilson met her husband,
Steve, while attending CWU and they
were married when they were seniors.
After graduating, they traveled the
world for the next twenty-one years
as an Air Force family. She was a
choral director at several Lutheran
churches and won a competitive
military contract to provide all
chaplain music services at Hickam Air
Force Base, Hawaii. Her career also
included employment at Raba-Kistner
Engineering and she was secretary
of the San Antonio Chapter of the
Society of Military Engineers.
Lynne (GAULKE) WINTER (’76)
passed away December 17, 2008.
Winter and her husband, David, raised
two children, Emily and Andrew. She
was a homemaker, avid reader, cook,
and gardener for the past twenty-one
years.
Doris (KINLEY) ZIKE (’68) died
October 9, 2008. Zike taught for many
years in the Naches School District.
She is survived by her four sons.
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Remember when
transferring your assets
was as simple as this?
Estate planning is the
process of deciding how to best transfer your assets
during your lifetime so that you can control their distribution after you’re gone.
The Office of Gift and Estate Planning at Central Washington University can
help you select ways to use your assets to:
• Create your personal legacy
• Enhance your net estate
• Earn income, pay fewer taxes, and secure your retirement
For more information, contact:
Catherine Scarlett, Director of Gift and Estate Planning
509-963-3083 or [email protected]
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Afterword
In the few short months since Jim accepted
the position as CWU president, we’ve been
overwhelmed by the kind spirit and generosity
of the university community. From Ellensburg
to Des Moines, Yakima, Lynnwood, Big Bend,
Wenatchee, and Pierce County, we’ve been so
gratified by the warmth and sincerity of the
people we’ve met. We are very proud to be
associated with the CWU family.
On my first visit here, I was simply awed by the
people and the place. As I struggled with a word
to describe CWU to my friends, I settled on
authentic. According to Wikipedia, authenticity
refers to the truthfulness of origins, attributions,
commitments, sincerity, devotion, and
intentions. By authentic, I mean that the people
we meet are honest, genuine individuals with
similar hopes and dreams, goals and aims
as those we grew up with and have tried to
pass on to our two sons.
On the Ellensburg campus and at each of the
university centers, we can see and feel the
faculty’s incredible commitment to student
success. The staff ’s dedication to building a
supportive learning environment is evident
everywhere we look. And the students, well,
the students are just terrific! Our many
conversations with them reveal an enthusiasm
for life and learning, and a determination to
make the very most they can of their college
experiences and their own lives.
This all feels very familiar to Jim and me because,
like many of Central’s students, we were both
the first in our families to attend college. We
both still remember how grateful we felt to
have been given a tremendous opportunity, the
responsibility we felt to make the very most of it,
and the hope for our own futures that a college
education gave us. Gratitude, responsibility, and
hope were then, and continue to be now, three
keys to the way we try to live our lives.
We feel blessed to have been asked to join the
CWU community. We feel a great responsibility
to help CWU continue to grow, prosper, and
continually improve. And the hope we hold for
CWU is off the charts. We are delighted to join
the Wildcat family. Thank you all for making us
feel so very much at home.
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400 East University Way
Ellensburg WA 98926-7505
Come Home to CWU
Homecoming 2009
October 23-24
In 2009, Homecoming is bigger than ever. The
weekend begins Friday, October 23, with the
dedication of the spectacular Wendell Hill Hall,
CWU’s newest residence facility, and the annual
Homecoming Banquet. On Saturday, October 24,
there will be a 5K fun run, the renaming of
the physical education building as Dorothy
Purser Hall, booths and activities in Wildcat
Alley, Central hosting Humboldt State in the
Homecoming football game, and an evening
performance by legendary comedian Bill Cosby.
For more information contact the Alumni Office
at 509-963-2752 or [email protected].